harpy : Idioms & Phrases

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Harpy bat

  • noun any of various fruit bats of the genus Nyctimene distinguished by nostrils drawn out into diverging tubes
    tube-nosed bat; harpy; tube-nosed fruit bat.
WordNet
  • (Zoöl.) (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).
Webster 1913

harpy eagle

  • noun large black-and-white crested eagle of tropical America
    harpy; Harpia harpyja.
WordNet

Harpy fly

  • (Zoöl.), the house fly.
Webster 1913