n. 残忍贪婪的女人；传说中鹰身女妖（harpy的复数形式）

Harpy \Har"py\ (h[aum]r"p[y^]), n.; pl. {Harpies} (-p[i^]z). [F.
harpie, L. harpyia, Gr. "a`rpyia, from the root of "arpa`zein
to snatch, to seize. Cf. {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 quite.
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.
{Harpyia cephalotes}), having prominent, tubular
nostrils.
(b) A small, insectivorous Indian bat ({Harpiocephalus
harpia}).

{Harpy fly} (Zo["o]l.), the house fly.