harpy.
A mythological creature generally depicted as a bird-of-prey with the head of a maiden, a face pale with hunger and long claws on her hands personifying the destructive power of storm winds.
Meaning & usage
A mythological creature generally depicted as a bird-of-prey with the head of a maiden, a face pale with hunger and long claws on her hands personifying the destructive power of storm winds.
A shrewish woman.
One who is rapacious or ravenous; an extortioner.
Any of a number of eagle-like birds of prey of the subfamily Harpiinae, especially the species Harpia harpyja.
The European moor buzzard or marsh harrier (Circus aeruginosus).
Where this word comes from
Ultimately from Middle French harpie, from Latin harpyia, from Ancient Greek ἅρπυιᾰ (hárpuiă, literally “snatcher”), from ἁρπάζω (harpázō, “to snatch, seize”). Compare rapacious. Middle English had arpie.
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