Harpy

['hɑːpɪ] or ['hɑrpi]

Definition

(noun.) large black-and-white crested eagle of tropical America.

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

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

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Definition

(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.

(n.) One who is rapacious or ravenous; an extortioner.

(n.) The European moor buzzard or marsh harrier (Circus aeruginosus).

(n.) A large and powerful, double-crested, short-winged American eagle (Thrasaetus harpyia). It ranges from Texas to Brazil.

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Synonyms and Synonymous

n. [1]. Duck-hawk, marsh-harrier, moor-buzzard (Circus æruginosus ).[2]. Extortioner, sharper, plunderer.

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Definition

n. (myth.) a rapacious and filthy monster with the body of a woman and the wings feet and claws of a bird of prey considered as a minister of the vengeance of the gods: (her.) a vulture with the head and breast of a woman: a South American eagle larger than the golden eagle and of great strength and rapacity: a rapacious person.

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