harpies

Noun

• Mythical half-woman, half-bird creatures, or nagging women.
• a malicious woman with a fierce temper
• (Greek mythology) vicious winged monster; often depicted as a bird with the head of a woman
• any of various fruit bats of the genus Nyctimene distinguished by nostrils drawn out into diverging tubes
• large black-and-white crested eagle of tropical America
• plural of harpy

Examples

• Facing a triple-word score for HARPIES, she knew this round of Scrabble was about to get mythical.

Synonyms

Harpia harpyja, Harpy, harpy, harpy bat, harpy eagle, hellcat, tube-nosed bat, tube-nosed fruit bat, vixen