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1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Harpy \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.
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