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5 lettersPronunciation /ˈhɑɹpi/Part of speech nounSorted ahpryStarts with HEnds with Y0 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. large black-and-white crested eagle of tropical America

Word origin

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

Used in a sentence

  • Both table and provisions vanish'd 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[…]
  • […] Ed Miliband has yet to come up with a definition of “the squeezed middle” that excludes anyone, but you can bet your bottom dollar he has these laptop-wielding harpies in mind.

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