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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 IAI Harpy is launched from the ground and can linger for hours over a target area.

From The Verge • Jun. 3, 2021

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

From Washington Post • Jul. 26, 2018

The Sons of the Harpy might have done it, and made it look like dragon’s work to make the city hate me.

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