Thesaurus: harpy

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1. n. A fabulous winged monster, ravenous and filthy, having the face of a woman and the body of a vulture, with long claws, and the face pale with hunger. Some writers mention two, others three.
2. n. One who is rapacious or ravenous; an extortioner.
3. n. The European moor buzzard or marsh harrier (Circus aeruginosus).
4. n. A large and powerful, double-crested, short-winged American eagle (Thrasaetus harpyia). It ranges from Texas to Brazil.
5. n. (Greek mythology) vicious winged monster; often depicted as a bird with the head of a woman
6. n. a malicious woman with a fierce temper
7. n. any of various fruit bats of the genus Nyctimene distinguished by nostrils drawn out into diverging tubes
8. n. large black-and-white crested eagle of tropical America
9. 1. (Gr. Myth.) A fabulous winged monster, ravenous and filthy, having the face of a woman and the body of a vulture, with long claws, and the face pale with hunger. Some writers mention two, others three. Both table and provisions vanished guite. With sound of harpies' wings and talons heard. Milton. 2. One who is rapacious or ravenous; an extortioner. The harpies about all pocket the pool. Goldsmith. 3. (Zoöl.) (a) The European moor buzzard or marsh harrier (Circus æruginosus). (b) A large and powerful, double-crested, short-winged American eagle (Thrasaëtus harpyia). It ranges from Texas to Brazil. Harpy bat (Zoöl.) (a) An East Indian fruit bat of the genus Harpyia (esp. H. cerphalotes), having prominent, tubular nostrils. (b) A small, insectivorous Indian bat (Harpiocephalus harpia). Harpy fly (Zoöl.), the house fly.
10. A fabulous winged monster, ravenous and filthy, having the faceof a woman and the body of a vulture, with long claws, and the facepale with hunger. Some writers mention two, others three.Both table and provisions vanished guite. With sound of harpies'wings and talons heard. Milton.
11. n:100 n. (Greek mythology) vicious winged monster; often depicted as a bird with the head of a woman n. any of various fruit bats of the genus Nyctimene distinguished by nostrils drawn out into diverging tubes n. large black-and-white crested eagle of tropical America