Dictionary Check: siren

"siren" is a valid word!

Scrabble 5 points
Words with Friends 6 points

Definition

noun

a sea nymph (part woman and part bird) supposed to lure sailors to destruction on the rocks where the nymphs lived

Example: "Odysseus ordered his crew to plug their ears so they would not hear the Siren's fatal song"
Synonyms:
noun

a woman who is considered to be dangerously seductive

noun

a warning signal that is a loud wailing sound

noun

an acoustic device producing a loud often wailing sound as a signal or warning

noun

eellike aquatic North American salamander with small forelimbs and no hind limbs; have permanent external gills

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