harpy
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noun- 1.
(mythology) 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.
- 2.
(derogatory)A shrewish woman.
Đồng nghĩa: battle axe, bitch, brim, brimstone, cat, crow, dragon, faggot, fishwife, harpy, harridan, hellcat, jade, nag, nudnik, scold, she-devil, shrew, termagant, virago, vixen, witch
- 3.
One who is rapacious or ravenous; an extortioner.
c. 1772, Oliver Goldsmith, letter to Mrs. Bunbury The harpies about me all pocket the pool.
- 4.
Any of a number of eagle-like birds of prey of the subfamily Harpiinae, especially the species Harpia harpyja.
- 5.
The European moor buzzard or marsh harrier (Circus aeruginosus).
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Ultimately from Middle French harpie, from Latin harpyia, from Ancient Greek ἅρπυιᾰ, from ἁρπάζω (to snatch, seize). Compare rapacious. Middle English had arpie.