| Noun | 1. | harpy - a malicious fierce-tempered woman | |
| 2. | Harpy - (Greek mythology) vicious winged monster; often depicted as a bird with the head of a woman | |
| 3. | harpy - any of various fruit bats of the genus Nyctimene distinguished by nostrils drawn out into diverging tubesfruit bat, megabat - large Old World bat of warm and tropical regions that feeds on fruit | |
| 4. | harpy - large black-and-white crested eagle of tropical Americabird of Jove, eagle - any of various large keen-sighted diurnal birds of prey noted for their broad wings and strong soaring flight | |