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i need you guys to know that while reading aristophanes i came across the word ἱππαλεκτρυών, a compound word which, as the LSJ dictionary helpfully explained, means a mythical beast that is half-horse and half-rooster. i was curious to know whether this creature was an actual thing in some near eastern or greek mythology, but unfortunately i did not even think twice before googling the definition that LSJ provides, which is ‘horsecock’