Siren (mythology)
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| # (''original sense'') ([[Greek mythology]]) One of a group of [[nymph]]s who [[lure]]d [[mariner]]s to their death on the rocks. | # (''original sense'') ([[Greek mythology]]) One of a group of [[nymph]]s who [[lure]]d [[mariner]]s to their death on the rocks. | ||
| # A [[device]], either [[mechanical]] or [[electronic]], that makes a piercingly loud [[sound]] as an [[alarm]] or signal. | # A [[device]], either [[mechanical]] or [[electronic]], that makes a piercingly loud [[sound]] as an [[alarm]] or signal. | ||
| - | # A [[dangerous]]ly [[seductive]] woman. | + | # A [[dangerous]]ly [[seductive]] woman, [[femme fatale]]. |
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- (original sense) (Greek mythology) One of a group of nymphs who lured mariners to their death on the rocks.
- A device, either mechanical or electronic, that makes a piercingly loud sound as an alarm or signal.
- A dangerously seductive woman, femme fatale.
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