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harpy meaning in Tamil

கடுகடுப்பான

/ˈhɑːpi/US/ˈhɑɹpi/

harpy in Tamil: கடுகடுப்பான, திட்டும் குணமுடையவள், கீழ்மகள், சண்டைக்காரி. In English, harpy means 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.

Tamil words for harpy

கடுகடுப்பான, திட்டும் குணமுடையவள், கீழ்மகள், சண்டைக்காரி

English meaning of harpy

  1. noun 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.
  2. noun A shrewish woman.
  3. noun One who is rapacious or ravenous; an extortioner.
  4. noun Any of a number of eagle-like birds of prey of the subfamily Harpiinae, especially the species Harpia harpyja.

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What is the meaning of harpy in Tamil?
Harpy in Tamil is கடுகடுப்பான, திட்டும் குணமுடையவள், கீழ்மகள், சண்டைக்காரி.
harpy என்பதன் தமிழ் அர்த்தம் என்ன?
Harpy: கடுகடுப்பான, திட்டும் குணமுடையவள், கீழ்மகள், சண்டைக்காரி.
What does harpy mean in English?
Harpy means 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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Tamil words from Tamil Wiktionary: harpy (page history and authors). English meanings adapted from Wiktionary: harpy (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Tamil words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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