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1.harpya {en}

Definitioner

Substantiv

  1. A fabulous winged monster, ravenous and filthy, having the face of a woman and the body of a vulture.
  2. A shrewish woman.
  3. One who is rapacious or ravenous; an extortioner.
  4. The European moor buzzard or marsh harrier (Circus aeruginosus).
  5. A large and powerful double-crested, short-winged American eagle (Thrasaetus harpyia).

Exempel

  • Both table and provisions vanished quite, With sound of harpies' wings and talons heard.
  • But her most subtle wiles proved ineffectual in ridding her, even for a moment, of her harpy jailer[...]
  • The harpies about all pocket the pool.

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