harpy 
1. a malicious woman with a fierce temper • Syn: vixen, hellcat • Hypernyms: unpleasant woman, disagreeable woman 2. any of various fruit bats of the genus Nyctimene distinguished by nostrils drawn out into diverging tubes • Syn: harpy bat, tube-nosed bat, tube-nosed fruit bat • Hypernyms: fruit bat, megabat • Member Holonyms: Nyctimene, genus Nyctimene 3. large black-and-white crested eagle of tropical America • Syn: harpy eagle, Harpia harpyja • Hypernyms: eagle, bird of Jove • Member Holonyms: Harpia, genus Harpia
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