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Definition of siren:
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"
a woman who is considered to be dangerously seductive a warning signal that is a loud wailing sound an acoustic device producing a loud often wailing sound as a signal or warning eellike aquatic North American salamander with small forelimbs and no hind limbs; have permanent external gills |