Library / English Dictionary

HARPY

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Large black-and-white crested eagle of tropical America

Synonyms:

Harpia harpyja; harpy; harpy eagle

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("harpy" is a kind of...):

bird of Jove; eagle (any of various large keen-sighted diurnal birds of prey noted for their broad wings and strong soaring flight)

Holonyms ("harpy" is a member of...):

genus Harpia; Harpia (a genus of Accipitridae)

Sense 2

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

harpy; harpy bat; tube-nosed bat; tube-nosed fruit bat

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("harpy" is a kind of...):

fruit bat; megabat (large Old World bat of warm and tropical regions that feeds on fruit)

Holonyms ("harpy" is a member of...):

genus Nyctimene; Nyctimene (East Indian fruit bats)

Sense 3

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Harpy" is a kind of...):

mythical creature; mythical monster (a monster renowned in folklore and myth)

Domain category:

Greek mythology (the mythology of the ancient Greeks)

Sense 4

Meaning:

A malicious woman with a fierce temper

Synonyms:

harpy; hellcat; vixen

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("harpy" is a kind of...):

disagreeable woman; unpleasant woman (a woman who is an unpleasant person)

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