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1. (n.) Harpy
any of a group of winged supernatural beings of classical myth, two or three in number, portrayed by later authors as rapacious female monsters.
2. Harpy
(l.c.) a scolding, bad-tempered woman; shrew.
3. Harpy
(l.c.) a greedy, predatory person.
Etymology: (1540–50; < L Harp&ymacr;ia, sing. of Harp&ymacr;iae < Gk Hárp&ymacr;iai (pl.), lit., snatchers, akin to harpázein to snatch away)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) vixen, harpy, hellcat
a malicious woman with a fierce temper
2. (noun) Harpy
(Greek mythology) vicious winged monster; often depicted as a bird with the head of a woman
3. (noun) harpy, harpy bat, tube-nosed bat, tube-nosed fruit bat
any of various fruit bats of the genus Nyctimene distinguished by nostrils drawn out into diverging tubes
4. (noun) harpy, harpy eagle, Harpia harpyja
large black-and-white crested eagle of tropical America
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1. (noun) Harpy
a fabulous winged monster, ravenous and filthy, having the face of a woman and the body of a vulture, with long claws, and the face pale with hunger. Some writers mention two, others three
2. (noun) Harpy
one who is rapacious or ravenous; an extortioner
3. (noun) Harpy
the European moor buzzard or marsh harrier (Circus aeruginosus)
4. (noun) Harpy
a large and powerful, double-crested, short-winged American eagle (Thrasaetus harpyia). It ranges from Texas to Brazil
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