harpy

Harpy has 2 syllables: har · py.

noun. Large black-and-white crested eagle of tropical America.

noun. A malicious woman with a fierce temper.

noun. Any of various fruit bats of the genus Nyctimene distinguished by nostrils drawn out into diverging tubes.

noun. (Greek mythology) vicious winged monster; often depicted as a bird with the head of a woman.