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Harpyia vinuli
Puss Puss (p[.u]s), n. [Cf. D. poes, Ir. & Gael. pus.] 1. A cat; -- a fondling appellation. 2. A hare; -- so called by sportsmen. Puss in the corner, a game in which all the players but one occupy corners of a room, or certain goals in the open air, and exchange places, the one without a corner endeavoring to get a corner while it is vacant, leaving some other without one. Puss moth (Zo["o]l.), any one of several species of stout bombycid moths belonging to Cerura, Harpyia, and allied genera, esp. Harpyia vinuli, of Europe. The larv[ae] are humpbacked, and have two caudal appendages.
Thrasaetus harpyia
Eagle Ea"gle, n. [OE. egle, F. aigle, fr. L. aquila; prob. named from its color, fr. aquilus dark-colored, brown; cf. Lith. aklas blind. Cf. Aquiline.] 1. (Zo["o]l.) Any large, rapacious bird of the Falcon family, esp. of the genera Aquila and Hali[ae]etus. The eagle is remarkable for strength, size, graceful figure, keenness of vision, and extraordinary flight. The most noted species are the golden eagle (Aquila chrysa["e]tus); the imperial eagle of Europe (A. mogilnik or imperialis); the American bald eagle (Hali[ae]etus leucocephalus); the European sea eagle (H. albicilla); and the great harpy eagle (Thrasaetus harpyia). The figure of the eagle, as the king of birds, is commonly used as an heraldic emblem, and also for standards and emblematic devices. See Bald eagle, Harpy, and Golden eagle. 2. A gold coin of the United States, of the value of ten dollars. 3. (Astron.) A northern constellation, containing Altair, a star of the first magnitude. See Aquila. 4. The figure of an eagle borne as an emblem on the standard of the ancient Romans, or so used upon the seal or standard of any people. Though the Roman eagle shadow thee. --Tennyson. Note: Some modern nations, as the United States, and France under the Bonapartes, have adopted the eagle as their national emblem. Russia, Austria, and Prussia have for an emblem a double-headed eagle. Bald eagle. See Bald eagle. Bold eagle. See under Bold. Double eagle, a gold coin of the United States worth twenty dollars. Eagle hawk (Zo["o]l.), a large, crested, South American hawk of the genus Morphnus. Eagle owl (Zo["o]l.), any large owl of the genus Bubo, and allied genera; as the American great horned owl (Bubo Virginianus), and the allied European species (B. maximus). See Horned owl. Eagle ray (Zo["o]l.), any large species of ray of the genus Myliobatis (esp. M. aquila). Eagle vulture (Zo["o]l.), a large West African bid (Gypohierax Angolensis), intermediate, in several respects, between the eagles and vultures.

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- (plural harpies, Ancient Gr****: ἅρπυια, romanized: hárpyia, pronounced [hárpyːa]; Latin: harpȳia) is a half-human and half-bird, often believed to be...
- Harpyia is a moth genus in the family Notodontidae, occurring in the Palaearctic. Harpyia asymmetria Harpyia longipennis Harpyia microsticta Harpyia milhauseri...
- Cope named two new species, Ornithochirus umbrosus and Ornithochirus harpyia, in an attempt to ****ign them to the large European genus Ornithocheirus...
- Harpyia milhauseri, the tawny prominent, is a moth of the family Notodontidae. The species was first described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1775. It...
- Epeira doreyana Epeira caliginosa Nephila ornata Epeira penicillum Epeira harpyia Nephila chrysogaster Meta ornata Nephila ****iosa Nephila aurosa Nephila...
- Harpyia longipennis is a moth in the family Notodontidae. It is found in south-east Asia, including India and Thailand. Harpyia longipennis longipennis...
- Hierodula harpyia is a species of praying mantis in the family Mantidae. "Hierodula harpyia". GBIF. Retrieved 2020-01-24. Patel, Shveta; Singh, Rajendra...
- 1833 Papilio leodice Cramer, 1777 Papilio harpyia Fabricius, 1781 Papilio trullus Herbst, 1794 Precis harpyia (Fabricius, 1781) Precis monroviana Staudinger...
- Binomial name Eupyrrhoglossum sagra (Poey, 1832) Synonyms Macroglossum sagra Poey, 1832 Macroglossa sagra Walker, 1856 Macroglossa harpyia Schaufuss, 1870...
- Cope re****igned the species O. umbrosus and O. harpyia into Pterodactylus umbrosus and Pterodactylus harpyia, though these species had been considered nomina...