Podarcē - (gen.: Podarcēs) Greek mythological character mentioned by Homer as one Harpy, who seems to have been of equine nature, because, according to the Iliad, she became by west wind the dam [i.e. the mother] of Achille's horses.

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(Genus) Podarcis Wagler, 1830 (reptile) Ref: B. Lanza & S. Boscherini, 2000: 327. ("Latin feminine proper name, of Greek derivation, meaning “Swiftfoot” and "mentioned by Homer ..." [New Encyclopaedia Britannica (The), Micropaedia (1974), Vol. IV: 919 "Harpies"]")