diff --git a/glossary.tex b/glossary.tex
index 7650869178a8b5964fa03aa331669cb520ddb3f4..119df6e3dc35ffc0034c18106fe66cbe366546a9 100644
--- a/glossary.tex
+++ b/glossary.tex
@@ -603,7 +603,7 @@ Set the darker die to `\dicef{6}' and roll the other.  If this roll fails, it fa
   nonumberlist,
   description={give a rough unit for large spaces.
   An area is a space made distinct by its features.
-  In the \glsentrytext{deep}, each cavern might count as an area, while out in the open plains a forest might be composed of the local areas: `the centre with the big, felled tree', `the river's fork', and `the griffins' nesting site'},
+  In the \glsentrytext{deep}, each cavern might count as an area, while out in the open plains a forest might be composed of the local areas: `the centre with the big, felled tree', `the river's fork', and `the \glsfmtplural{griffin}' nesting site'},
   }
 
 \newacronym[
@@ -1361,6 +1361,15 @@ Set the darker die to `\dicef{6}' and roll the other.  If this roll fails, it fa
   They have no natural cries, so people call them `the voiceless'},
 }
 
+\longnewglossaryentry{griffin}{
+  name={Griffins},
+  text={griffin},
+  prefix={a\space},
+  parent={monster},
+  description={have large bat-like wings which fold into their forearms when they need to sprint.
+  They have no natural cry, but can immitate almost anything they've heard},
+}
+
 \longnewglossaryentry{woodspy}{
   name={Woodspies},
   text={woodspy},
@@ -1419,7 +1428,7 @@ Set the darker die to `\dicef{6}' and roll the other.  If this roll fails, it fa
   category={god},
   symbol={\Aries},
   parent={ainumar},
-  description={has griffin wings, with a woodspy's head, an arachnid thorax, and human belly; both chambers are painfully bloated from pregnancy.
+  description={has \glsentrytext{griffin}-wings, with a writhing \glsentrytext{woodspy}'s head, an arachnid thorax, and human belly; both chambers are painfully bloated from pregnancy.
   She gives birth to monsters endlessly, and they eat someone, she uses their soul to birth a new creature},
 }