harpy

Definition of Harpy in English :

1. harpy, hellcat, vixen

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

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

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Harpy

noun plural -pies

a cruel grasping woman

noun plural -pies

Greek mythology

a ravenous creature with a woman's head and trunk and a bird's wings and claws

nounWord forms: plural ˈharpies

1. [H-]; Greek Mythology

any of several hideous, filthy, rapacious winged monsters with the head and trunk of a woman and the tail, legs, and talons of a bird

2.

a relentless, greedy, or grasping person

3.

a shrewish woman

4.

harpy eagle

n. pl. Har·pies

1. Greek Mythology One of several loathsome, voracious monsters with the head and trunk of a woman and the tail, wings, and talons of a bird.

2. harpy A predatory person.

3. harpy A shrewish woman.