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harpy

noun as in a shrewish woman

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noun as in a greedy person

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Mr. Banks said in a statement that after he first uncovered the program, the Navy denied that a sailor known as “Harpy Daniels” was linked to the program.

Yeoman 2nd Class Joshua Kelley, who calls himself “Harpy Daniels,” announced in November he had been picked by the Navy as part of outreach efforts to encourage more young people to enlist.

Harpy eagles had been spotted along the river a couple of years ago, Mr. Gualinga said, adding that he’d seen them on trips to the area in recent months.

We encounter it first in Homer’s “Iliad” and then again in Virgil’s “Aeneid,” where it appears at the doors of Hades alongside Gorgons, centaurs and Harpies.

Now I wake up between 6 and 8 a.m. to walk Harpy.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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