SIREN
\sˈa͡ɪ͡əɹən], \sˈaɪəɹən], \s_ˈaɪə_ɹ_ə_n]\
Definitions of SIREN
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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eel-like aquatic North American salamander with small forelimbs and no hind limbs; have permanent external gills
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an acoustic device producing a loud often wailing sound as a signal or warning
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a warning signal that is a loud wailing sound
By Princeton University
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eel-like aquatic North American salamander with small forelimbs and no hind limbs; have permanent external gills
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an acoustic device producing a loud often wailing sound as a signal or warning
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a warning signal that is a loud wailing sound
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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An enticing, dangerous woman.
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Something which is insidious or deceptive.
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A mermaid.
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Any long, slender amphibian of the genus Siren or family Sirenidae, destitute of hind legs and pelvis, and having permanent external gills as well as lungs. They inhabit the swamps, lagoons, and ditches of the Southern United States. The more common species (Siren lacertina) is dull lead-gray in color, and becames two feet long.
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An instrument for producing musical tones and for ascertaining the number of sound waves or vibrations per second which produce a note of a given pitch. The sounds are produced by a perforated rotating disk or disks. A form with two disks operated by steam or highly compressed air is used sounding an alarm to vessels in fog.
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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.
By Oddity Software
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An enticing, dangerous woman.
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Something which is insidious or deceptive.
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A mermaid.
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An instrument for producing musical tones and for ascertaining the number of sound waves or vibrations per second which produce a note of a given pitch. The sounds are produced by a perforated rotating disk or disks. A form with two disks operated by steam or highly compressed air is used sounding an alarm to vessels in fog.
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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.
By Noah Webster.
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(myth.) One of certain fabulous nymphs in S. Italy who enticed mariners to destruction by sweet music: a fascinating woman: any one insidious and deceptive: an eel-like, amphibious animal, with only one pair of feet.
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Pertaining to or like a siren: fascinating.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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