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.