1) Aello 2) Demon 3) Eagle 4) Hellcat 5) Vixen
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1) Bad-tempered woman 2) Bird-woman of myth 3) Birdlike monster of myth 4) DC Comics supervillain 5) Disagreeable woman 6) Female supervillain 7) Fierce-tempered woman 8) Fishwife 9) Flying predator of Greek myth 10) Grasping person 11) Hellcat 12) Hideous hybrid of myth 13) Monster encountered by Aeneas
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- a malicious fierce-tempered woman
- (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
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• (n.) One who is rapacious or ravenous; an extortioner. • (n.) A large and powerful, double-crested, short-winged American eagle (Thrasaetus harpyia). It ranges from Texas to Brazil. • (n.) The European moor buzzard or marsh harrier (Circus aeruginosus). • (n.) A fabulous winged monster, ravenous and filthy, having the face of ...
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in Greco-Roman classical mythology, a fabulous creature, probably a wind spirit. The presence of harpies as tomb figures, however, makes it possible ...
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In early Greek mythology, a wind spirit; in later legend, such as the story of the
Argonauts, a female monster...
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1. A fabulous winged monster, ravenous and filthy, having the face of a woman and the body of a vulture, with long claws, and the face pale with hunger. Some writers mention two, others three. 'Both table and provisions vanished guite. With sound of harpies' wings and talons heard.' (Milton) ... 2. One who is rapacious or ravenous; an extortioner. ...
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A spirit of the wind, sometimes evil, part bird, part woman.
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Har'py (här'pȳ)
noun ;
plural Harpies (-pĭz). [ French
harpie , Latin
harpyia , Greek
'a`rpyia , from the root of
'arpa`zein to snatch, to seize. Confer
Rapacious .]
1. (Gr. Myth.) A fabulous winged monster, raven...
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n] - (Greek mythology) vicious winged monster 2. [n] - any of various fruit bats of the genus Nyctimene distinguished by nostrils drawn out into diverging tubes 3. [n] - large black-and-white crested eagle of tropical America
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harpy 1. In 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. A greedy, predatory person. 3. A shrewish woman. 4. A malicious, scolding, nagging, fierce-tempered woman; a shrew (a woman of violent temper and speech). 5. Any of various fruit bats of the ...
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tube-nosed bat noun any of various fruit bats of the genus Nyctimene distinguished by nostrils drawn out into diverging tubes
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In early Greek mythology, a wind spirit; in later legend, such as the story of the Argonauts, a female monster with a horrific face, pale with hunger, and the body of a vulture. Often associated with the underworld, harpies were believed to abduct those people who disappeared without trace, and were perceived as an instrument of torment used by...
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