harpy

(noun)

noun

1. a malicious woman with a fierce temper

Similar word(s): hellcat, vixen

Definition categories: person

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

Definition categories: person

3. any of various fruit bats of the genus Nyctimene distinguished by nostrils drawn out into diverging tubes

Definition categories: animal, megabat

4. large black-and-white crested eagle of tropical America

Definition categories: animal, eagle