- Harpies
- har·py || 'hÉ‘rpɪ /'hÉ‘Ëp- n. mythological monster with the head of a woman and the body of a bird
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Harpies
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Harpies and Quines — was a feminist magazine founded by Lesley Riddoch and published in Scotland between 1992 and 1994. It was unsuccessfully sued by Harpers and Queen before being declared bankrupt.ReferencesEsther Breitenbach, Alice Brown, Fiona Myers (1998),… … Wikipedia
HARPIES — fabulous ravenous creatures, living in filth and defiling everything they touch, with the head and breast of a woman, the wings and claws of a bird, and a face pale with hunger, the personification of whirlwinds and storms, conceived of as… … The Nuttall Encyclopaedia
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