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Definition of siren

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Siren (n.) 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..

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Manatee :: Manatee (n.) Any species of Trichechus, a genus of sirenians; -- called alsosea cow..

Rytina :: Rytina (n.) A genus of large edentulous sirenians, allied to the dugong and manatee, including but one species (R. Stelleri); -- called also Steller's sea cow.

Sirenian :: Sirenian (n.) Any species of Sirenia.

Sirenize :: Sirenize (v. i.) To use the enticements of a siren; to act as a siren; to fascinate.

Siren :: Siren (a.) Of or pertaining to a siren; bewitching, like a siren; fascinating; alluring; as, a siren song..

Dugong :: Dugong (n.) An aquatic herbivorous mammal (Halicore dugong), of the order Sirenia, allied to the manatee, but with a bilobed tail. It inhabits the Red Sea, Indian Ocean, East Indies, and Australia..

Partenope :: Partenope (n.) One of the Sirens, who threw herself into the sea, in despair at not being able to beguile Ulysses by her songs..

Lepidosiren :: Lepidosiren (n.) An eel-shaped ganoid fish of the order Dipnoi, having both gills and lungs. It inhabits the rivers of South America. The name is also applied to a related African species (Protopterus annectens). The lepidosirens grow to a length of from four to six feet. Called also doko..

Amphipneust :: Amphipneust (n.) One of a tribe of Amphibia, which have both lungs and gills at the same time, as the proteus and siren..

Siren :: Siren (n.) Something which is insidious or deceptive.

Sirenical :: Sirenical (a.) Like, or appropriate to, a siren; fascinating; deceptive..

Dipnoi :: Dipnoi (n. pl.) A group of ganoid fishes, including the living genera Ceratodus and Lepidosiren, which present the closest approximation to the Amphibia. The air bladder acts as a lung, and the nostrils open inside the mouth. See Ceratodus, and Illustration in Appendix..

Siren :: Siren (n.) An enticing, dangerous woman..

Doko :: Doko (n.) See Lepidosiren.

Mudfish :: Mudfish (n.) The South American lipedosiren, and the allied African species (Protopterus annectens). See Lipedosiren..

Trachystomata :: Trachystomata (n. pl.) An order of tailed aquatic amphibians, including Siren and Pseudobranchus. They have anterior legs only, are eel-like in form, and have no teeth except a small patch on the palate. The external gills are persistent through life..

Siren :: Siren (n.) A mermaid.

Syriac :: Syren (n.) See Siren.

Sirenia :: Sirenia (n. pl.) An order of large aquatic herbivorous mammals, including the manatee, dugong, rytina, and several fossil genera..

Siren :: Siren (n.) 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..