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Uncommonsiren
The correct spelling is siren.
How to pronounce siren
noun
IPA: /ˈsaɪəɹən/
Say it like: Sir-en
The correct spelling is siren. One of a group of nymphs who lured mariners to their death on the rocks.
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Meanings
noun
- 1.One of a group of nymphs who lured mariners to their death on the rocks.
- 2.One who sings sweetly and charms.
- 3.A dangerously seductive woman.
- 4.A member of an order of mammals of Sirenia (first attested in French in Dominique Bouhours, Les entretiens d'Ariste et d'Eugène, 1671).
- 5.A member of a genus of aquatic salamanders of the family Sirenidae (originally introduced by Linnaeus, 1766, for a genus of his reptiles), commonly used for all species subsumed under the family of Sirenidae.
verb
- 1.To make a noise with, or as if with, a siren.
adjective
- 1.Relating to or like a siren.
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