Harpy (redirected from Harpies)

Har·py  (härp)

n. pl. Har·pies

1. Greek Mythology One of several loathsome, voracious monsters with the head and trunk of a woman and the tail, wings, and talons of a bird.

2. harpy A predatory person.

3. harpy A shrewish woman.

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harpy [ˈhɑːpɪ]

n pl -pies

a cruel grasping woman

[from Latin Harpyia, from Greek Harpuiai the Harpies, literally: snatchers, from harpazein to seize]

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Harpy [ˈhɑːpɪ]

n pl -pies

(Myth & Legend / Classical Myth & Legend) Greek myth a ravenous creature with a woman's head and trunk and a bird's wings and claws

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	harpy - a malicious woman with a fierce temper hellcat, vixen disagreeable woman, unpleasant woman - a woman who is an unpleasant person
	2.	Harpy - (Greek mythology) vicious winged monster; often depicted as a bird with the head of a woman Greek mythology - the mythology of the ancient Greeks mythical creature, mythical monster - a monster renowned in folklore and myth
	3.	harpy - any of various fruit bats of the genus Nyctimene distinguished by nostrils drawn out into diverging tubes harpy bat, tube-nosed bat, tube-nosed fruit bat fruit bat, megabat - large Old World bat of warm and tropical regions that feeds on fruit genus Nyctimene, Nyctimene - East Indian fruit bats
	4.	harpy - large black-and-white crested eagle of tropical America Harpia harpyja, harpy eagle bird of Jove, eagle - any of various large keen-sighted diurnal birds of prey noted for their broad wings and strong soaring flight genus Harpia, Harpia - a genus of Accipitridae

Translations

harpy [ˈhɑːpɪ] N → arpía f

harpy [ˈhɑː^rpi] n

(in mythology) → harpie f

(pejorative) (= woman) → mégère f, harpie f

harpy

n → Harpyie f; (= shrewish woman) → Hexe f; (= grasping person) → Hyäne f

Harpy [ˈhɑːpɪ] n (Myth) (fig) → arpia

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Harpy [ˈhɑːpɪ] n (Myth) (fig) → arpia