Griffon (disambiguation)
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Griffon is a collection of dog breeds that were originally hunting dogs.
Griffon may also refer to:
Biology
- Griffon vulture, an Old World vulture in the family Accipitridae, which also includes eagles, kites, buzzards and hawks
- Himalayan griffon vulture, an Old World vulture in the family Accipitridae, which also includes eagles, kites, buzzards and hawks
Vehicles
- CH-146 Griffon, a utility tactical transport helicopter
- Griffon (roller coaster), a diving roller coaster at Busch Gardens Williamsburg
- Griffon Hovercraft, a British hovercraft producer
- HMS Griffon, the name of six ships and one planned one of the Royal Navy
- InterPlane Griffon - ultralight aircraft
- Le Griffon, a ship built by Built by René Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle around 1679
- Nord 1500 Griffon I and II, a 1955/1957 French ramjet aircraft prototype
- Rolls-Royce Griffon, a 36.75 litre, 60-degree V-12 aero-engine
- CCGS Griffon, a Canadian High Endurance Multi-Tasked Vessel and Light Icebreaker
Other
- Griffon (framework), a Swing application framework for the Groovy language
- Griffon Corporation, a multinational conglomerate holding company
- Griffons (rugby team), South African rugby team from Welkom
- Griffon (Warhammer 40,000), a self-propelled mortar tank used by the Imperial Guard in the Warhammer 40,000 series of games and universe.
See also
- Griffen (disambiguation)
- Griffin (disambiguation)
- Griffin or gryphon, a mythological creature with the body of a lion and head and wings of an eagle
- Gryphon (disambiguation)
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