harpy (n.)

  1. a malicious woman with a fierce temper

    [ Syn: vixen , hellcat ]

  2. (Greek mythology) vicious winged monster; often depicted as a bird with the head of a woman

    [ Syn: harpy ]

  3. any of various fruit bats of the genus Nyctimene distinguished by nostrils drawn out into diverging tubes

    [ Syn: harpy bat , tube-nosed bat , tube-nosed fruit bat ]

  4. large black-and-white crested eagle of tropical America

    [ Syn: harpy eagle , harpia harpyja ]

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