1. A malicious woman with a fierce temper
   "The office manager was known as a harpy, striking fear into her subordinates";
   - vixen [informal], hellcat [informal]
    
2. Large black-and-white crested eagle of tropical America
   "The harpy eagle carried a monkey back to its nest";
   - harpy eagle, Harpia harpyja
    
3. Any of various fruit bats of the genus Nyctimene distinguished by nostrils drawn out into diverging tubes
   "The harpy bat's unusual nasal structure helps it locate ripe fruit";
   - harpy bat, tube-nosed bat, tube-nosed fruit bat

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

Derived forms: harpies, Harpies

Type of: bird of Jove, disagreeable person, eagle, fruit bat, megabat, mythical creature, mythical monster, unpleasant person

Part of: genus Harpia, genus Nyctimene, Harpia, Nyctimene

Encyclopedia: Harpy