siren
has definitions from the fields of zoology,Greek mythology,religion,classical mythology
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[ noun ] an acoustic device producing a loud often wailing sound as a signal or warning
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[ noun ] a warning signal that is a loud wailing sound
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[ noun ] a woman who is considered to be dangerously seductive
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[ noun ] (Greek mythology,religion,classical mythology) a sea nymph (part woman and part bird) supposed to lure sailors to destruction on the rocks where the nymphs lived
Examples "Odysseus ordered his crew to plug their ears so they would not hear the Siren's fatal song" |
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[ noun ] (zoology) eel-like aquatic North American salamander with small forelimbs and no hind limbs; have permanent external gills
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