[ UK /hˈɑːpi/ ]
NOUN
  1. large black-and-white crested eagle of tropical America
  2. a malicious woman with a fierce temper
  3. any of various fruit bats of the genus Nyctimene distinguished by nostrils drawn out into diverging tubes
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How To Use harpy In A Sentence

  • When I told the harpy I wanted to invite Jocelyn over for dinner, the only response was the sound of shattering glass from her room, something heavy and fragile thrown against the wall.
  • TeePee reely shud no bedder dan 2 challenje supeereeor creture wif de sharpy-pointy endz, iz lozin battel Meh werk is dun here. - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger?
  • E ` un'altra prova di gran classe, forte di un tributo al blues-jazz come Chicago Now, di un'imitazione della psichedelia e del soul-rock degli anni '60 come I'm Frank, e di canzoni argute come Sing Harpy e And Therein (con il caratteristico ritmo saltellante delle chitarre, qui spinto ad eccessi da manicomio). FallNews - they grease the roads! *truckers' pin-up edition*
  • In a climactic scene in the third book, Lyra comes to grief when she spins a fantastic tale to a mythological creature called a harpy who is guarding the underworld. His Dark Material
  • The thought of George on the job is enough to disturb even me, throw in some tired, haggish harpy women with the "looks" of some second rate male transvestite on a particularly bad day and ones stomach contents rise up. Archive 2008-05-01
  • A harpy is a nightmare image out of Greek Mythology. Think Progress » Matalin Defends Coulter’s Attack on 9/11 Widows
  • Species of special concern for this ecoregion are the Colombian ebony and the mahogany, among the precious timber; the Cattleya aurea, as this beautiful orchid has suffered from over-collection for more than seventy years; the two species of tapirs present are highly endangered both at the national and international level; the harpy eagle and the blue-billed curassow are also endangered species than still present in the upper Sinú. Sinú Valley dry forests
  • I mean Leah is described as a harpy in Eclipse, Disney people are too happy and princess like to play that. Twilight Lexicon » New Moon Movie News
  • If I come out of the gate as some kind of hypercritical harpy, and people think my work stinks, my career's over before it even began. Flying Chairs
  • Notable are horned screamer Anhima cornuta, Orinoco goose Neochen jubata, harpy eagle, black and white hawk-eagle Spizastur melanoleucusCrax globulosa (VU). and wattled curassow Central Amazonian Conservation Complex, Brazil
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