Where are you most likely to find gargoyles?
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In architecture! Gargoyles are the carved terminations to spouts which convey water away from the sides of buildings. Gargoyles are mostly grotesque figures. The word comes from the French gargouille, originally the throat or gullet, or Latin gurgulio, gula, and similar words derived from root gar, to swallow, the word representing the gurgling sound of water. A similar type of sculpture that does not work as a waterspout and serves only an ornamental or artistic function is called a chimera, although these are popularly referred to as gargoyles also.
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