(här′pē) noun plural ·pies
1. Any rapacious person; a plunderer; extortioner.
2. A very large, crested, voracious tropical American eagle, the harpy eagle (Thrasaetus harpyia): also called winged wolf. [<HARPY]

(här′pē) noun
In Greek mythology, a filthy, winged monster with the head of a woman and the tail, legs, and talons of a bird; usually three (the Harpies), Aello, Celaeno, and Ocypete, who fouled or seized the food of their victims, carried off the souls of the dead, etc. [<F Harpie <L Harpyia <Gk. <harpazein seize]