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[General fantasy zoology] Are young griffins considered cubs, or chicks?

Griffins/griffons/gryphons are half-eagle *and* half-lion (though some variants may exist in some universes where it's just a big cat and any bird of prey), so which is it when they're young?

And would they hatch from eggs like birds, or be live-born since it's typically the lion-half in the back?
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[](/gildaconfused) Both would be *technically* accurate, but generally the avian terms are used by default when discussing griffins.

As for their reproductive habits: it depends on the universe, but by and large most griffins lay eggs. They build nests like a bird of prey would, usually high in mountain peaks or at the tops of unscalable cliffs. Some varieties of griffin lay eggs with gold or silver shells, and will brutally slaughter anything that enters the nest area in defense of them.