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arpía

/aɾˈpia/

noun, feminine/aɾˈpia/plural: arpías

harpy; bitch, vixen, shrew, harpy, termagant, harridan

Borrowed from Latin harpyia, from Ancient Greek ἅρπυιᾰ (hárpuiă, literally “snatcher”), from ἁρπάζω (harpázō, “to snatch, to seize”).