"harpy" in the noun sense

1. vixen, harpy, hellcat

a malicious woman with a fierce temper

2. Harpy

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

3. harpy, harpy bat, tube-nosed bat, tube-nosed fruit bat

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

4. harpy, harpy eagle, Harpia harpyja

large black-and-white crested eagle of tropical America

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