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How to pronounce “harpy”
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Pronunciation guide for harpy
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of harpy with real speech in context.
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- 3 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- Sloths! The strange life of the world's slowest mammal
It's the harpy eagle.
- Definition summary
- (mythology) 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.
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How to pronounce harpy
Sloths! The strange life of the world's slowest mammal
It's the harpy eagle.
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “harpy”
Meaning
- [Noun]
- (mythology) 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.
- (derogatory) A shrewish woman.
- One who is rapacious or ravenous; an extortioner.
- Any of a number of eagle-like birds of prey of the subfamily Harpiinae, especially the species Harpia harpyja.
- The European moor buzzard or marsh harrier (Circus aeruginosus).
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