SIREN
Scrabble letter values: S1I1R1E1N1 = 5
Definition
- noun a sea nymph (part woman and part bird) supposed to lure sailors to destruction on the rocks where the nymphs lived.
- noun a woman who is considered to be dangerously seductive. — synonyms: enchantress, temptress, Delilah, femme_fatale
- 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.
Examples
- “Odysseus ordered his crew to plug their ears so they would not hear the Siren's fatal song”
- “have permanent external gills”