harpy meaning

harpy as a noun

1. a malicious woman with a fierce temper

   Synonyms: vixen, hellcat

   Type of: unpleasant woman

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

   Type of: mythical monster

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

   Synonyms: harpy bat, tube-nosed bat, tube-nosed fruit bat

   Type of: fruit bat

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

   Synonyms: harpy eagle, Harpia harpyja

   Type of: eagle