harpy

Etymology
Ultimately from, from , from , from. Compare. Middle English had.

Noun

 * 1)  A mythological creature generally depicted as a bird-of-prey with the head of maiden, a face pale with hunger and long claws on her hands personifying the destructive power of storm winds.
 * 2)  A shrewish woman.
 * 3) One who is rapacious or ravenous; an extortioner.
 * 4) * c. 1772,, letter to Mrs. Bunbury
 * The harpies about me all pocket the pool.
 * 1) The European moor buzzard or marsh harrier.
 * 2) A large and powerful double-crested, short-winged American eagle.
 * 1) * c. 1772,, letter to Mrs. Bunbury
 * The harpies about me all pocket the pool.
 * 1) The European moor buzzard or marsh harrier.
 * 2) A large and powerful double-crested, short-winged American eagle.

Translations

 * Asturian: harpía
 * Bulgarian: ха́рпия
 * Catalan: harpia
 * Czech: harpyje
 * Danish: harpy
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: harpio
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: Ἅρπυια
 * Hebrew: הַרְפִּיָּה
 * Hungarian:
 * Irish: airp
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: ハルピュイア
 * Korean: 하르피이아
 * Latin: harpyia
 * Polish: harpia
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish:


 * Asturian: harpía
 * Catalan: harpia
 * Danish: furie
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French:, ,
 * Galician:
 * German:
 * Hungarian:
 * Polish: harpia
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:, ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: badhbh,
 * Spanish: