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The '''Ypotryll''' is a legendary creature featured in heraldry. It's a type of [[chimera]] with the tusked head of a boar, humped body of a camel, legs and hooves of an ox or goat and tail of a serpent. | The '''Ypotryll''' is a legendary creature featured in heraldry. It's a type of [[chimera]] with the tusked head of a boar, humped body of a camel, legs and hooves of an ox or goat and tail of a serpent. |
Latest revision as of 16:01, 18 April 2007
The Ypotryll is a legendary creature featured in heraldry. It's a type of chimera with the tusked head of a boar, humped body of a camel, legs and hooves of an ox or goat and tail of a serpent.
Its name probably derives from the Greek "hippo-", horse (cf. Middle English "ypotame", hippopotamus).