siren
Nouns
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(n) 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
- (n) a woman who is considered to be dangerously seductive enchantress, femme fatale, temptress, Delilah,
- (n) a warning signal that is a loud wailing sound
- (n) an acoustic device producing a loud often wailing sound as a signal or warning
- (n) eellike aquatic North American salamander with small forelimbs and no hind limbs; have permanent external gills