harpy

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim 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.

   “Both table and provisions vanish'd quite, With sound of harpies' wings and talons heard.”

2. isim A shrewish woman.

   “But her most subtle wiles proved ineffectual in ridding her, even for a moment, of her harpy jailer[…]”

3. isim One who is rapacious or ravenous; an extortioner.

   “c. 1772, Oliver Goldsmith, letter to Mrs. Bunbury The harpies about me all pocket the pool.”

4. isim Any of a number of eagle-like birds of prey of the subfamily Harpiinae, especially the species Harpia harpyja.
5. isim The European moor buzzard or marsh harrier (Circus aeruginosus).