Defenition of the word harpy

• Defenition of the word harpy

  • (Greek mythology) vicious winged monster; often depicted as a bird with the head of a woman
  • any of various fruit bats of the genus Nyctimene distinguished by nostrils drawn out into diverging tubes
  • large black-and-white crested eagle of tropical America
  • a malicious fierce-tempered woman
  • a malicious woman with a fierce temper

Synonyms for the word harpy

• • Harpia harpyja
  • Harpy
  • harpy bat
  • harpy eagle
  • hellcat
  • tube-nosed bat
  • tube-nosed fruit bat
  • vixen

Meronymys for the word harpy

• • genus Harpia
  • genus Nyctimene
  • Harpia
  • Nyctimene

Hypernyms for the word harpy

• • bird of Jove
  • disagreeable woman
  • eagle
  • fruit bat
  • megabat
  • mythical creature
  • mythical monster
  • unpleasant woman

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