siren

Meanings

Noun

• a sea nymph (part woman and part bird) supposed to lure sailors to destruction on the rocks where the nymphs lived
  • "Odysseus ordered his crew to plug their ears so they would not hear the Siren's fatal song"
• a woman who is considered to be dangerously seductive
• a warning signal that is a loud wailing sound
• an acoustic device producing a loud often wailing sound as a signal or warning
• eellike aquatic North American salamander with small forelimbs and no hind limbs; have permanent external gills

Synonyms

Delilah, enchantress, femme fatale, temptress