Stymphalian birds

American  

[stim-fey-lee-uhn, -feyl-yuhn] / stɪmˈfeɪ li ən, -ˈfeɪl yən /

noun

(used with a plural verb)

1. a flock of predacious birds of Arcadia that were driven away and killed by Hercules as one of his labors.

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Example Sentences

The sixth labor, was to drive away the Stymphalian birds, which were a plague to the people of Stymphalus because of their enormous numbers.

From Literature

She provided, for example, bronze krotala – noise-makers similar to castanets – to help him scare off the flock of Stymphalian birds.

From The Guardian

The way Tantalus saw it, the Stymphalian birds had simply been minding their own business in the woods and would not have attacked if Annabeth, Tyson, and I hadn’t disturbed them with our bad chariot driving.

From Literature

Two simple words were printed in the middle of the page: The next morning, everybody was buzzing about the chariot race, though they kept glancing nervously toward the sky like they expected to see Stymphalian birds gathering.

From Literature

So far, they’d slain a Laistrygonian ogre in the bakery, battled a giant warthog in the public square and defeated a flock of Stymphalian birds with some well-aimed vegetables from Piper’s cornucopia.

From Literature