Harp n.
1. A musical instrument consisting of a triangular frame furnished with strings and sometimes with pedals, held upright, and played with the fingers.
2. Astron. A constellation; Lyra, or the Lyre.
3. A grain sieve. [Scot.]
Aeolian harp. See under Aeolian.
Harp seal Zool., an arctic seal (Phoca Grœnlandica). The adult males have a light-colored body, with a harp-shaped mark of black on each side, and the face and throat black. Called also saddler, and saddleback. The immature ones are called bluesides; their fur is white, and they are killed and skinned to harvest the fur.
Harp shell Zool., a beautiful marine gastropod shell of the genus Harpa, of several species, found in tropical seas. See Harpa.
aeolian harp
n : a harp having strings tuned in unison; they sound when wind
passes over them [syn: aeolian lyre, wind harp]