English to English
Siren
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adjective (a)
- Of or pertaining to a siren; bewitching, like a siren; fascinating; alluring; as, a siren song.(adjective)source: webster1913
noun (n)
- a sea nymph (part woman and part bird) supposed to lure sailors to destruction on the rocks where the nymphs lived(noun.person)Example:
Odysseus ordered his crew to plug their ears so they would not hear the Siren's fatal song.
source: wordnet30 - a woman who is considered to be dangerously seductive(noun.person)source: wordnet30
- a warning signal that is a loud wailing sound(noun.communication)source: wordnet30
- an acoustic device producing a loud often wailing sound as a signal or warning(noun.artifact)source: wordnet30
- eellike aquatic North American salamander with small forelimbs and no hind limbs; have permanent external gills(noun.animal)source: wordnet30
- One of three sea nymphs, -- or, according to some writers, of two, -- said to frequent an island near the coast of Italy, and to sing with such sweetness that they lured mariners to destruction.(noun)source: webster1913
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