Gargoyle. noun. a grotesque carved human or animal face or figure projecting from the gutter of a building, typically acting as a spout to carry water clear of a wall..
Grotesque. 1. strangely or fantastically distorted; bizarre 2. of or characteristic of the grotesque in art 3. a 16th-century decorative style, mixing and distorting parts of human, animal and plant forms.