genus Harpia

genus Harpia
noun
a genus of Accipitridae
Syn: ↑Harpia
Hypernyms: ↑bird genus
Member Holonyms: ↑Accipitridae, ↑family Accipitridae
Member Meronyms: ↑harpy, ↑harpy eagle, ↑Harpia harpyja

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