harpy

harpy is a 5-letter English word with 8 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 13 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 13 · Words With Friends 12 · 8 senses

Definitions

1. noun. 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.
2. noun. One who is rapacious or ravenous; an extortioner.
3. noun. The European moor buzzard or marsh harrier (Circus aeruginosus).
4. noun. A large and powerful, double-crested, short-winged American eagle (Thrasaetus harpyia). It ranges from Texas to Brazil.
5. noun. large black-and-white crested eagle of tropical America
6. noun. any of various fruit bats of the genus Nyctimene distinguished by nostrils drawn out into diverging tubes
7. noun. (Greek mythology) vicious winged monster; often depicted as a bird with the head of a woman
8. noun. a malicious woman with a fierce temper

   Synonyms: hellcat, vixen

Synonyms

hellcat, vixen

Common word forms

harpier, harpies

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