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harpy

[hahr-pee] / ˈhɑr pi /
NOUN
a shrewish woman
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NOUN
a greedy person
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Its radar-killing Harpy can hover over anti-aircraft radar for up to nine hours waiting for them to power up.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 3, 2023

Ms. Sablone, 35, lives in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, with her girlfriend, Josephine Heilpern, a ceramist, and their dog, Harpy.

From New York Times • Sep. 24, 2021

The Harpy looks like a cross between a missile and a fixed-wing drone, and is fired from the ground into a target area where it can linger for up to nine hours.

From The Verge • Jun. 3, 2021

Harpy birthday: On Dec. 8, wish it on Ann Coulter.

From Washington Post • Jul. 26, 2018

“If you are not the Harpy, give me his name.”

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin




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