Siren
WordNet
noun
(1) Eellike aquatic North American salamander with small forelimbs and no hind limbs; have permanent external gills
(2) An acoustic device producing a loud often wailing sound as a signal or warning
(3) A warning signal that is a loud wailing sound
(4) A woman who is considered to be dangerously seductive
(5) 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"
WiktionaryText
Etymology
from , itself from sereine (itself from sirena) & from ultimately from Σειρήν (seirēn)
Noun
- (original sense) One of a group of nymphs who lured mariners to their death on the rocks.
- A device, either mechanical or electronic, that makes a piercingly loud sound as an alarm or signal.
- A dangerously seductive woman.
- A common name for salamanders of Siren and Sirenidae.
- A common name for mammals of Sirenia.