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Word: Harpy
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
late Middle English: from Latin harpyia, from Greek harpuiai ‘snatchers’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈhɑːpi
Dialects: British English
Definition:
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.
Short Definition:rapacious monster with woman's head and body and bird's wings and claws
Definition:
a grasping, unpleasant woman
Short Definition:grasping, unpleasant woman
Examples:- clearly, he had us down as a couple of gold-digging harpies
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