Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun harpy

4 senses of harpy

Sense 1
vixen, harpy, hellcat -- (a malicious woman with a fierce temper)
       => unpleasant woman, disagreeable woman -- (a woman who is an unpleasant person)

Sense 2
Harpy -- ((Greek mythology) vicious winged monster; often depicted as a bird with the head of a woman)
       => mythical monster, mythical creature -- (a monster renowned in folklore and myth)

Sense 3
harpy, harpy bat, tube-nosed bat, tube-nosed fruit bat -- (any of various fruit bats of the genus Nyctimene distinguished by nostrils drawn out into diverging tubes)
       => fruit bat, megabat -- (large Old World bat of warm and tropical regions that feeds on fruit)

Sense 4
harpy, harpy eagle, Harpia harpyja -- (large black-and-white crested eagle of tropical America)
       => eagle, bird of Jove -- (any of various large keen-sighted diurnal birds of prey noted for their broad wings and strong soaring flight)