Harpy

 

In Greek mythology, any of several hideous winged monsters with the head and trunk of a woman and the tail, legs, and talons of a bird; they carried off the souls of the dead.

 

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The light draft monitor Klamath (q.v.) was renamed Harpy 15 June 1869 while laid up in an unfinished condition at Mound City, III.