Main Entry:: ¹si·ren
Pronunciation:: \ˈsī-rən, for 3 also sī-ˈrēn\
Function:: noun
Etymology:: Middle English, from Middle French & Latin; Middle French sereine, from Late Latin sirena, from Latin siren, from Greek seirēn
Date:: 14th century

1often capitalized : any of a group of female and partly human creatures in Greek mythology that lured mariners to destruction by their singing2 a: a woman who sings with enchanting sweetness b: temptress c: temptation 23 a: an apparatus producing musical tones especially in acoustical studies by the rapid interruption of a current of air, steam, or fluid by a perforated rotating disk b: a device often electrically operated for producing a penetrating warning sound <an ambulance siren> <an air-raid siren>4[New Latin, from Latin] : either of two North American eel-shaped amphibians that constitute a genus (Siren) and have small forelimbs but neither hind legs nor pelvis and have permanent external gills as well as lungs

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