Associations to the word «Harpies»

HARPY, noun. A fabulous winged monster, ravenous and filthy, having the face of a woman and the body of a vulture.

HARPY, noun. A shrewish woman.

HARPY, noun. One who is rapacious or ravenous; an extortioner.

HARPY, noun. The European moor buzzard or marsh harrier (Circus aeruginosus).

HARPY, noun. A large and powerful double-crested, short-winged American eagle (Thrasaetus harpyia).

HARPY BAT, noun. An East Indian fruit bat of the genus Nyctimene (especially Nyctimene cephalotes), with prominent tubular nostrils.

HARPY BAT, noun. A small insectivorous Indian bat (Harpiocephalus harpia).

HARPY BATS, noun. Plural of harpy bat

HARPY EAGLE, noun. A neotropical eagle, Harpia harpyja

HARPY EAGLES, noun. Plural of harpy eagle

HARPY, noun. A malicious woman with a fierce temper.

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

HARPY, noun. Any of various fruit bats of the genus Nyctimene distinguished by nostrils drawn out into diverging tubes.

HARPY, noun. Large black-and-white crested eagle of tropical America.