harpy

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(Anglès)

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.
(derogatory) A shrewish woman.
One who is rapacious or ravenous; an extortioner.
Any of a number of eagle-like birds of prey of the subfamily Harpiinae, especially the species Harpia harpyja.
The European moor buzzard or marsh harrier (Circus aeruginosus).

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/ˈhɑɹpi/

Ultimately from Middle French harpie, from Latin harpyia, from Ancient Greek ἅρπυιᾰ (hárpuiă, literally “snatcher”), from ἁρπάζω (harpázō, “I snatch, seize”). Compare rapacious. Middle English had arpie.