- Harpy⇄Harpy, noun, pl.-pies.
(Greek and Roman Mythology.) any one of various filthy, greedy monsters, part woman and part bird. The Harpies served as ministers of divine vengeance, seizing the souls of the dead, and defiling everything they touched. - harpy⇄harpy, noun, pl.-pies.
1. a cruel, greedy person; person who preys upon others.
Ex. Those harpies, ... for the mere sake of filthy lucre, were resolved to deliver me over into the hands of my father (Washington Irving).
2. harpy eagle.