siren
nounDefinition of siren
(Entry 1 of 2)
1
often capitalized
: any of a group of female and partly human creatures in Greek mythology that lured mariners to destruction by their singing
3a
: an apparatus producing musical tones especially in acoustical studies by the rapid interruption of a current of air, steam, or fluid by a perforated rotating disk
b
: a device often electrically operated for producing a penetrating warning sound
an ambulance siren an air-raid siren
4
[ New Latin, from Latin ]
: either of two North American eel-shaped amphibians that constitute a genus (Siren) and have small forelimbs but neither hind legs nor pelvis and have permanent external gills as well as lungs
siren
adjectiveDefinition of siren (Entry 2 of 2)
: resembling that of a siren : enticing
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