harpies

Meanings

Noun

• a malicious woman with a fierce temper
• (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
• plural of harpy

Synonyms

Harpia harpyja, Harpy, harpy, harpy bat, harpy eagle, hellcat, tube-nosed bat, tube-nosed fruit bat, vixen