harpies

plural of harpy
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as in predators
a person who habitually preys upon others having just started to make it really big in the music business, he found himself surrounded by a flock of harpies greedy for a piece of the action

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Recent Examples of harpies Think a front desk hewn from Dionysos marble and sconces in the shape of harpies. Sam Cochran, Architectural Digest, 11 Aug. 2025
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Noun
  • In animal studies, TDN helped obese mice and musk shrews lose weight and become more responsive to insulin.
    Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 5 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Killer whales are highly social ocean predators that live and travel in groups, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
    Paloma Chavez, Sacbee.com, 2 Oct. 2025
  • The other raises hers to threaten the predators approaching their position.
    Harmon Siegel, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Where are True Blood's vampires, shapeshifters, werewolves, and fairies today?
    Matt Cabral, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Oct. 2025
  • The scene, which was not in Stephenie Meyer's 2008 book that the movie was adapted from, raised eyebrows for its brutal killings of vampires Carlisle Cullen (Peter Facinelli) and Jasper Hale (Jackson Rathbone), as well as werewolves Seth (Booboo Stewart) and Leah Clearwater (Julia Jones).
    Jen Juneau, PEOPLE, 2 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • This configuration produces tilted stroke planes, much like those seen in geese, vultures, and kingfishers during slow flight.
    Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 18 Sep. 2025
  • One of vultures in a barren tree.
    Madison E. Goldberg, PEOPLE, 15 Sep. 2025

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“Harpies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/harpies. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.

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