HARPY EAGLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does harpy eagle mean? 

• HARPY EAGLE (noun)
  The noun HARPY EAGLE has 1 sense:

1. large black-and-white crested eagle of tropical America

  Familiarity information: HARPY EAGLE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HARPY EAGLE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Large black-and-white crested eagle of tropical America

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Harpia harpyja; harpy; harpy eagle

Hypernyms ("harpy eagle" is a kind of...):

bird of Jove; eagle (any of various large keen-sighted diurnal birds of prey noted for their broad wings and strong soaring flight)

Holonyms ("harpy eagle" is a member of...):

genus Harpia; Harpia (a genus of Accipitridae)

 Context examples 

These animals include jaguars, Spix's macaws, harpy eagles, vinaceous-breasted amazons, crowned solitary eagles, hawksbill turtles, green turtles, tarantulas, Amazon false coral snakes, Brazilian green racer snakes, cream-colored woodpeckers, blue spiny starfish, sharks, seahorses, piaba fish, sawfish, bluefin tuna, brown howler monkeys.

(Over 300 animal species threatened in Bahia, Agência Brasil)