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Type Words
Synonyms harpia harpyja, harpy eagle
Type of bird of jove, eagle
Type Words
Synonyms hellcat, vixen
Type of disagreeable woman, unpleasant woman
Type Words
Synonyms harpy bat, tube-nosed bat, tube-nosed fruit bat
Type of megabat, fruit bat
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Type of mythical creature, mythical monster

Examples of harpy

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I was countering the harpy criticising the paper's position the last election.
From the guardian.co.uk
Finding your way can be difficult if you think your GPS device sounds like a harpy.
From the cnn.com
He set you up as the possessive harpy, ideal prey for every cat in the room.
From the buffalonews.com
He in turn tells her that the harpy of his novel is really meant to be his own mother.
From the time.com
Charlize Theron's Queen Ravenna is a bipolar mix of steely goddess and unhinged harpy.
From the ideas.time.com
When some people decide to go green and go off the grid they get really harpy about it.
From the sacbee.com
The adoring bride with whom he had been so happy had turned into a harpy.
From the thisismoney.co.uk
A harpy eagle soared overhead, and thunder rumbled in the distance.
From the theatlantic.com
He was one of the survivors at the end of the story, again reunited with the harpy-Katherine.
From the en.wikipedia.org
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  • Vixen: a malicious woman with a fierce temper
  • (Greek mythology) vicious winged monster; often depicted as a bird with the head of a woman
  • Any of various fruit bats of the genus Nyctimene distinguished by nostrils drawn out into diverging tubes
  • Large black-and-white crested eagle of tropical America
  • In Greek mythology and Roman mythology, a harpy (plural harpies, Greek: u1F05u03C1u03C0u03C5u03B9u03B1, harpyia, pronouncedu00A0; Latin: harpu0233ia) was a female monster in the form of a bird with a human face. They steal food from their victims while they are eating and carry evildoers (especially those who have killed their family) to the Erinyes. They seem originally to have been wind spirits. Their name means "snatchers".
  • Betty Ross (Full name Elizabeth Ross, later Betty Talbot and then Betty Banner) is a fictional character in the Marvel Comics universe, and love interest of Bruce Banner. ...
  • In the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game, the harpy is a monstrous monstrous humanoid creature with the lower body, legs, and wings of a reptilian creature.
  • Eagles are large birds of prey which are members of the bird family Accipitridae, and belong to several genera which are not necessarily closely related to each other. Most of the more than 60 species occur in Eurasia and Africa. ...
  • The Harpy (or Stan Lee's The Harpies) is a Sci Fi Pictures original film directed by Josh Becker. Stan Lee is the executive producer. The Harpy began pre-production on June 26, 2006 and first aired on June 23, 2007. The movie was shot in Bulgaria.