Griffin or Griffon, a chimerical fabulous animal with the body and legs of a lion in symbol of strength, with the wings and beak of an eagle in symbol of swiftness, with the ears of a horse in symbol of watchfulness, and instead of a mane the fin of a fish; figures among heraldic symbols with the significance here indicated.
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
Griesbach, Johann Jacob * Grillparzer, Franz