HARPY
\hˈɑːpi], \hˈɑːpi], \h_ˈɑː_p_i]\
Definitions of HARPY
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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By Princeton University
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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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.
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One who is rapacious or ravenous; an extortioner.
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The European moor buzzard or marsh harrier (Circus aeruginosus).
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A large and powerful, double-crested, short-winged American eagle (Thrasaetus harpyia). It ranges from Texas to Brazil.
By Oddity Software
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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.
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One who is rapacious or ravenous; an extortioner.
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The European moor buzzard or marsh harrier (Circus aeruginosus).
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A large and powerful, double-crested, short-winged American eagle (Thrasaetus harpyia). It ranges from Texas to Brazil.
By Noah Webster.
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In classical mythology, one of three grasping and filthy winged monsters with a woman's face, and the body and claws of a vulture; harpy, an extortioner.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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A fabulous winged monster of extreme ravenousness, living in filth and defiling everything, with the body of a woman, the wings and claws of a bird, and a face pale from hunger; the largest of the eagle tribe, inhabiting Mexico and Brazil; any ravenous animal; an extortioner; a plunderer.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
