1. Noun
A fabulous winged monster, ravenous and filthy, having the face of a woman and the body of a vulture, with long claws, and the face pale with hunger. Some writers mention two, others three.
2. Noun
One who is rapacious or ravenous; an extortioner.
3. Noun
The European moor buzzard or marsh harrier (Circus aeruginosus).
4. Noun
A large and powerful, double-crested, short-winged American eagle (Thrasaetus harpyia). It ranges from Texas to Brazil.
5. Noun
large black-and-white crested eagle of tropical America
Vocabulary classified under Nature and environment
6. Noun
any of various fruit bats of the genus Nyctimene distinguished by nostrils drawn out into diverging tubes
Vocabulary classified under Nature and environment
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