| siren | 1. 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. "Next where the sirens dwell you plow the seas; Their song is death, and makes destruction please." (Pope) 2. An enticing, dangerous woman. 3. Something which is insidious or deceptive. "Consumption is a siren." (W. Irving) 4. A mermaid. 5. <zoology> Any long, slender amphibian of the genus Siren or family Sirenidae, destitute of hind legs and pelvis, and having permanent external gills as well as lungs. They inhabit the swamps, lagoons, and ditches of the Southern United States. The more common species (Siren lacertina) is dull lead-gray in colour, and becames two feet long. 6. [F. Sirene, properly, a siren in sense 1. <physics> An instrument for producing musical tones and for ascertaining the number of sound waves or vibrations per second which produce a note of a given pitch. The sounds are produced by a perforated rotating disk or disks. A form with two disks operated by steam or highly compressed air is used sounding an alarm to vessels in fog. Alternative forms: sirene, and syren. Origin: L, fr. Gr., cf. F. Sirene. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| sirenia | <zoology> An order of large aquatic herbivorous mammals, including the manatee, dugong, rytina, and several fossil genera. The hind limbs are either rudimentary or wanting, and the front ones are changed to paddles. They have horny plates on the front part of the jaws, and usually flat-crowned molar teeth. The stomach is complex and the intestine long, as in other herbivorous mammals. See Cetacea . Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| sirenian | <zoology> Any species of Sirenia. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| sireniform | Denoting a malformation with the appearance of sirenomelia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| sirenomelia | Union of the legs with partial or complete fusion of the feet. See: sympus. Synonym: mermaid deformity, symmelia. Origin: L. Siren, G. Seiren, a siren (05 Mar 2000) |
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| sireniform f. |
sirenomelus.
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| sirenoform m. |
sirenomelus.
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| sirenomelia |
apodal symmelia.
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| sirenomelus |
a fetus with sirenomelia; called also apus, sympus apus, and sireniform fetus.
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| siren | eel-like aquatic North American salamander with small forelimbs and no hind limbs |
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| siren | an acoustic device producing a loud often wailing sound as a signal or warning |
| siren | a warning signal that is a loud wailing sound |
| siren | a woman who is considered to be dangerously seductive |
| siren | a sea nymph (part woman and part bird) supposed to lure sailors to destruction on the rocks where the nymphs lived |
| siren | manatees |
| siren | any of two families of large herbivorous aquatic mammals with paddle-shaped tails and flipper-like forelimbs and no hind limbs |
| siren | any of two families of large herbivorous aquatic mammals with paddle-shaped tails and flipper-like forelimbs and no hind limbs |
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