
It's a Venetian sign of royalty. Sometimes called a manticore. If it has the head of an eagle, its called a griffin. Not to be confused with a Lamassu, which are winged lions with human heads. Not to be confused with Woody Allen's description of the great Roe, which is a mythological beast "with the head of a lion and the body of a lion, though not the same lion."
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