Complete Definition of "siren"

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English
Image:Federal Signal Thunderbolt 1000.JPG|thumb|right|200px|Civil defense siren.

Pronunciation
Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-aɪr�n|-aɪr�n

Noun
en-noun

  1. A device, either mechanical or electronic, that makes a piercingly loud sound as an alarm.
  2. A dangerously seductive woman.
  3. Any of several salamanders, of the family Sirenidae, such as the mud eel.
  4. Greek mythology One of a group of nymphs who lured mariners to their death on the rocks.

Translations
trans-top|device for making noise
Finnish: sireeni
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Maltese: sirena
Russian: �и�ена (sir'éna) f
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trans-top|seductive woman
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Russian: �и�ена (sir'éna) f
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trans-top|nymphs of Greek mythology
Finnish: seireeni
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Russian: �и�ена (sir'éna) f
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Category:Amphibians
Category:Greek derivations
Category:Mythological creatures

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