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siren (enc)

Siren

Noun1.Siren - a sea nymph (part woman and part bird) supposed to lure sailors to destruction on the rocks where the nymphs lived; "Odysseus ordered his crew to plug their ears so they would not hear the Siren's fatal song"
sea nymph - (Greek mythology) a water nymph who was the daughter of Oceanus or Nereus
Lorelei - a siren of German legend who lured boatmen in the Rhine to destruction
2.siren - a woman who is considered to be dangerously seductive
adult female, woman - an adult female person (as opposed to a man); "the woman kept house while the man hunted"
3.siren - a warning signal that is a loud wailing sound
alarum, warning signal, alarm, alert - an automatic signal (usually a sound) warning of danger
4.siren - an acoustic device producing a loud often wailing sound as a signal or warning
acoustic device - a device for amplifying or transmitting sound
alarm system, warning device, alarm - a device that signals the occurrence of some undesirable event
5.siren - eel-like aquatic North American salamander with small forelimbs and no hind limbs; have permanent external gills
salamander - any of various typically terrestrial amphibians that resemble lizards and that return to water only to breed
genus Siren - a genus of Sirenidae

 

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