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Siren

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Noun

1. siren

a sea nymph (part woman and part bird) supposed to lure sailors to destruction on the rocks where the nymphs lived

Example Sentences:
'Odysseus ordered his crew to plug their ears so they would not hear the Siren's fatal song'

2. delilah, enchantress, femme fatale, siren, temptress

a woman who is considered to be dangerously seductive

3. siren

a warning signal that is a loud wailing sound

4. siren

an acoustic device producing a loud often wailing sound as a signal or warning

5. siren

eellike aquatic North American salamander with small forelimbs and no hind limbs; have permanent external gills

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Siren

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noun
1. 
a device for emitting a loud wailing sound, esp as a warning or signal, typically consisting of a rotating perforated metal drum through which air or steam is passed under pressure
2. (sometimes capital) Greek mythology
one of several sea nymphs whose seductive singing was believed to lure sailors to destruction on the rocks the nymphs inhabited
3. 
a. 
a woman considered to be dangerously alluring or seductive
b. 
(as modifier)
her siren charms
4. 
any aquatic eel-like salamander of the North American family Sirenidae, having external gills, no hind limbs, and reduced forelimbs

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Siren

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noun
1.  Classical Mythology
any of several sea nymphs, represented as part bird and part woman, who lure sailors to their death on rocky coasts by seductive singing
2. 
a woman who uses her sexual attractiveness to entice or allure men; a woman who is considered seductive
3. 
a. 
an acoustical device in which steam or air is driven against a rotating, perforated disk so as to produce sound; specif., such a device producing a loud, often wailing sound, used esp. as a warning signal
b. 
an electronic device that produces a similar sound
4. 
any of a family (Sirenidae) of slender, eel-shaped salamanders without hind legs; esp., the mud eel

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Siren

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n.
1. Greek Mythology One of a group of sea nymphs who by their sweet singing lured mariners to destruction on the rocks surrounding their island.
2. siren A woman regarded as irresistibly alluring.
n.
1.
a. A device in which compressed air or steam is driven against a rotating perforated disk to create a loud, often wailing sound as a signal or warning.
b. An electronic device producing a similar sound as a signal or warning: a police car siren.
2. Any of several slender aquatic salamanders of the family Sirenidae of eastern North America, having external gills, small forelimbs, and no hind limbs.

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