harpoon
- n a spear with a shaft and barbed point for throwing; used for catching large fish or whales; a strong line is attached to it
- v spear with a harpoon
harpoon whales
harpoon line
- n a strong rope for making the catch fast to the harpooner's boat
harpoon log
- n a cylindrical log with a device that registers distance
harpsichord
- n a clavier with strings that are plucked by plectra mounted on pivots
harpulla
- n fast-growing tree of India and East Indies yielding a wood used especially for building
harpullia cupanioides
- n fast-growing tree of India and East Indies yielding a wood used especially for building
harpy
- n a malicious woman with a fierce temper
- n (Greek mythology) vicious winged monster; often depicted as a bird with the head of a woman
- n any of various fruit bats of the genus Nyctimene distinguished by nostrils drawn out into diverging tubes
- n large black-and-white crested eagle of tropical America
harpy bat
- n any of various fruit bats of the genus Nyctimene distinguished by nostrils drawn out into diverging tubes