siren

1. (noun) eel-like aquatic North American salamander with small forelimbs and no hind limbs; have permanent external gills
Related Words: salamander

2. (noun) a device producing a loud often wailing sound as a signal or warning
Related Words: acoustic device, alarm, alarm system, warning device

3. (noun) a warning signal that is a loud wailing sound
Related Words: alarm, alarum, alert, warning signal

4. (noun) 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"
Related Words: Lorelei, nymph

5. (noun) a woman who is considered to be dangerously seductive
Synonyms: Delilah, enchantress, femme fatale, temptress
Related Words: adult female, woman



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