The Clue
Scolding, nagging sort (5 letter answer)
The Answer
HARPY
Tags
Notes
The answer HARPY is rarely seen, appearing only about once every 1500 puzzles.
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Definition
HARPY as a noun:
1. (vixen, harpy, hellcat) = a malicious woman with a fierce temper
2. (Greek mythology) vicious winged monster; often depicted as a bird with the head of a woman
3. (harpy, harpy bat, tube-nosed bat, tube-nosed fruit bat) = any of various fruit bats of the genus Nyctimene distinguished by nostrils drawn out into diverging tubes
4. (harpy, harpy eagle, Harpia harpyja) = large black-and-white crested eagle of tropical America