siren

noun

• 1a device that makes a loud prolonged signal or warning sound:ambulance sirens

• 2 Greek Mythology each of a number of women or winged creatures whose singing lured unwary sailors on to rocks.
• a woman who is considered to be alluring or fascinating but also dangerous in some way.

• 3an eel-like American amphibian with tiny forelimbs, no hindlimbs, small eyes, and external gills, typically living in muddy pools.

  • Family Sirenidae: genera Siren and Pseudobranchus, and three species, including the greater siren (S. lacertina)