ˈharpy-ˈeagle
A large and powerful bird of prey (Thrasyaëtus harpyia, or Harpyia destructor) larger than the golden eagle, with crested head and fan-shaped tail, a native of South America.
| 1830 T. Attwood Let. to Wife 21 June in C. M. Wakefield Life x. (1885) 143, I went on Saturday to see the harpy eagle, and a most grand and beautiful creature he is. 1883 Cassell's Nat. Hist. III. 276 Although from its size and courage..generally called the Harpy Eagle, it is evident from its structure that it is a Buzzard. |