About The Word Harpy

Learn about the word Harpy to help solve your crossword puzzle. Discover Harpy definitions and meaning, origins, synonyms, related terms and more at the free Crossword Dictionary.
Harpy

Harpy Definition And Meaning |
---|
What's The Definition Of Harpy?
[n] large black-and-white crested eagle of tropical America
[n] any of various fruit bats of the genus Nyctimene distinguished by nostrils drawn out into diverging tubes [n] (Greek mythology) vicious winged monster; often depicted as a bird with the head of a woman [n] a malicious fierce-tempered woman Synonyms | Synonyms for Harpy: Harpia harpyja | harpy bat | harpy eagle | hellcat | tube-nosed bat | tube-nosed fruit bat | vixen Related Terms | Find terms related to Harpy: amazon | Argus | blackmailer | bloodsucker | Briareus | centaur | Cerberus | Charybdis | chimera | cockatrice | Cyclops | dragon | drake | Echidna | extortionist | fishwife | Gorgon | griffin | Harpy | hippocampus | Hydra | leech | Loch Ness monster | Medusa | mermaid | merman | Minotaur | nixie | ogre | ogress | Pegasus | predator | profiteer | Python | racketeer | raptor | roc | salamander | satyr | scold | Scylla | sea horse | sea serpent | shakedown artist | shark | shrew | siren | Sphinx | Talos | termagant | troll | Typhon | unicorn | vampire | vixen | vulture | werewolf | windigo | Xanthippe | xiphopagus | zombie See Also | bird of Jove | disagreeable woman | eagle | fruit bat | genus Harpia | genus Nyctimene | Harpia | megabat | mythical creature | mythical monster | Nyctimene | unpleasant woman Harpy In Webster's Dictionary \Har"py\, n.; pl. {Harpies}. [F. harpie, L. harpyia, Gr.
?, from the root of ? to snatch, to seize. Gf. {Rapacious}.]
1. (Gr. Myth.) A fabulous winged monster, ravenous and
filthy, having the face of a woman and the body of a
vulture, with long claws, and the face pale with hunger.
Some writers mention two, others three.
Both table and provisions vanished guite. With sound
of harpies' wings and talons heard. --Milton.
2. One who is rapacious or ravenous; an extortioner.
The harpies about all pocket the pool. --Goldsmith.
3. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) The European moor buzzard or marsh harrier ({Circus
[ae]ruginosus}).
(b) A large and powerful, double-crested, short-winged
American eagle ({Thrasa["e]tus harpyia}). It ranges
from Texas to Brazil.
{Harpy bat} (Zo["o]l.)
(a) An East Indian fruit bat of the genus {Harpyia} (esp.
{H. cerphalotes}), having prominent, tubular nostrils.
(b) A small, insectivorous Indian bat ({Harpiocephalus
harpia}).
{Harpy fly} (Zo["o]l.), the house fly.
|
More Crossword Puzzle Words
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z
Cross Word Of The Day
- Captain ‐ a diningroom attendant who is in charge of the waiters and the…
- Nicotiana alata ‐ South American ornamental perennial having nocturnally fragrant…
- Suborder theropoda ‐ carnivorous saurischian dinosaurs with short forelimbs; Jurassic…
- Stillborn ‐ (of newborn infant) showing no signs of life at birth; not liveborn;…
- Commonwealth ‐ a politically organized body of people under a single government;…
- Cash account ‐ an account with a securities brokerage whose transactions are…
- Roadman ‐ a workman who is employed to repair roads [n] a salesman who…
- Yardman ‐ a laborer hired to do outdoor work (such as mowing lawns) [n]…
- Eschrichtius robustus ‐ medium-sized grayish-black whale of the…
- Papistic ‐ of or relating to or supporting Romanism; "the Roman Catholic…