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Harpy

[ hahr-pee ]

noun

plural Harpies.
  1. Classical Mythology. a ravenous, filthy monster having a woman's head and a bird's body.
  2. (lowercase) a scolding, nagging, bad-tempered woman; shrew.
  3. (lowercase) a greedy, predatory person.


Harpy

1

/ 藞丑蓱藧辫瑟 /

noun

  1. Greek myth a ravenous creature with a woman's head and trunk and a bird's wings and claws
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

harpy

2

/ 藞丑蓱藧辫瑟 /

noun

  1. a cruel grasping woman
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 丑补谤辫顎儁路濒颈办别顎 adjective
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of Harpy1

< Latin 贬补谤辫测虅颈补, singular of 贬补谤辫测虅颈补别 < Greek 贬谩谤辫测虅颈补颈 (plural), literally, snatchers, akin to 丑补谤辫谩锄别颈苍 to snatch away
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of Harpy1

C16: from Latin Harpyia, from Greek Harpuiai the Harpies, literally: snatchers, from harpazein to seize
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Mr. Banks said in a statement that after he first uncovered the program, the Navy denied that a sailor known as 鈥淗arpy Daniels鈥 was linked to the program.

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Yeoman 2nd Class Joshua Kelley, who calls himself 鈥淗arpy Daniels,鈥 announced in November he had been picked by the Navy as part of outreach efforts to encourage more young people to enlist.

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Harpy eagles had been spotted along the river a couple of years ago, Mr. Gualinga said, adding that he鈥檇 seen them on trips to the area in recent months.

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We encounter it first in Homer鈥檚 鈥淚liad鈥 and then again in Virgil鈥檚 鈥淎eneid,鈥 where it appears at the doors of Hades alongside Gorgons, centaurs and Harpies.

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Now I wake up between 6 and 8 a.m. to walk Harpy.

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