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==Description== | ==Description== | ||
In heraldry an opinicus is a beast with the body and four legs like a lion (whereas the griffin always has aquiline forelimbs), the head neck and wings of an eagle, and the short tail of a camel. Sometimes an opinicus is born without wings. | |||
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) | - Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) | ||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
[[Griffin]] | [[Griffin]] | ||
[[category:Hybrids]] | |||
[[category:Fabulous beasts]] | |||
[[Category:Heraldic beasts]] | |||
Latest revision as of 14:22, 23 October 2007
The epimacus or opinicus is a fabulous beast that belongs to the family of griffins.
Description
In heraldry an opinicus is a beast with the body and four legs like a lion (whereas the griffin always has aquiline forelimbs), the head neck and wings of an eagle, and the short tail of a camel. Sometimes an opinicus is born without wings.
Epimacus is also the name for a genus of highly ornate and brilliantly colored birds of Australia, allied to the birds of Paradise. - Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)