English dictionary
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English noun: harpy | |||
| 1. | harpy (person) a malicious woman with a fierce temper | ||
| Synonyms | hellcat, vixen | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | disagreeable woman, unpleasant woman | ||
| 2. | Harpy (person) (Greek mythology) vicious winged monster; often depicted as a bird with the head of a woman | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | mythical creature, mythical monster | ||
| Domain category | Greek mythology | ||
| 3. | harpy (animal) 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 | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | fruit bat, megabat | ||
| Member meronym | genus Nyctimene, Nyctimene | ||
| 4. | harpy (animal) large black-and-white crested eagle of tropical America | ||
| Synonyms | Harpia harpyja, harpy eagle | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | bird of Jove, eagle | ||
| Member meronym | genus Harpia, Harpia | ||
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