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ALL meanings of harpy

Har·py
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  • noun harpy nagging woman 1
  • noun harpy Greek mythology: woman-bird hybrid 1
  • noun plural harpy Classical Mythology. a ravenous, filthy monster having a woman's head and a bird's body. 1
  • noun plural harpy (lowercase) a scolding, nagging, bad-tempered woman; shrew. 1
  • noun plural harpy (lowercase) a greedy, predatory person. 1
  • noun harpy A rapacious monster described as having a woman’s head and body and a bird’s wings and claws or depicted as a bird of prey with a woman’s face. 1
  • countable noun harpy In classical mythology, the harpies were creatures with the bodies of birds and the faces of women. They flew quickly and were cruel and greedy. 0
  • countable noun harpy If you refer to a woman as a harpy, you mean that she is very cruel or violent. 0
  • noun harpy a cruel grasping woman 0
  • noun harpy a ravenous creature with a woman's head and trunk and a bird's wings and claws 0
  • noun harpy any of several hideous, filthy, rapacious winged monsters with the head and trunk of a woman and the tail, legs, and talons of a bird 0
  • noun harpy a relentless, greedy, or grasping person 0
  • noun harpy a shrewish woman 0
  • noun harpy harpy eagle 0
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