Här'py, n.

noun

n.; pl. HÄR'PIES. [Fr. harpie, It., Sp., & Pg. arpia, Lat. harpyia, Gr. ἅρπυια, from ἅρπειν, for ἁρπάζειν, to snatch, to seize.] 1. (Myth.) A fabulous winged monster, ravenous and filthy, having the face of a woman and the body of a vulture, with long claws, and with a face pale with hunger. Both table and provisions vanished quite, With sound of harpies' wings and talons heard. Milton.

One that is rapacious or ravenous; an extortioner; a plunderer.
(Ornith.) A European buzzard; the Circus aeruginosus, or harpaye. See DUCK-HAWK.
(Ornith.) A crested, short-winged eagle (the Harpyia destructor), inhabiting Mexico and New Granada.