• (GA) IPA: /ˈhɑɹpi/
• (RP) IPA: /ˈhɑːpi/

harpy (plural harpies)

1. A fabulous winged monster, ravenous and filthy, having the face of a woman and the body of a vulture.
   • 1671, John Milton, “Book the Second”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: Printed by J. M[acock] for John Starkey […], OCLC 228732398 ↗:

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

2. A shrewish woman.
3. One who is rapacious or ravenous; an extortioner.

   • The harpies about all pocket the pool.

4. The European moor buzzard or marsh harrier (Circus aeruginosus).
5. A large and powerful double-crested, short-winged American eagle (Harpia harpyja).

• (shrewish woman) seeSynonyms en

• French: harpie
• German: Harpyie
• Italian: arpia
• Portuguese: harpia
• Russian: га́рпия
• Spanish: arpía, harpía

• French: harpie, chipie, rosse
• German: Drachen
• Portuguese: harpia
• Russian: гарпия
• Spanish: arpía