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sirena [si.rí.na.] : mermaid (n.); siren (n.)
Synonyms: kataw
Related words: pitada

Derivatives of sirena


Glosses:
mermaid
n. (person)1. mermaidhalf woman and half fish; lives in the sea.
~ imaginary being, imaginary creaturea creature of the imagination; a person that exists only in legends or myths or fiction.
siren
n. (person)1. sirena 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"
~ sea nymph(Greek mythology) a water nymph who was the daughter of Oceanus or Nereus.
~ loreleia Siren of German legend who lured boatmen in the Rhine to destruction.
n. (person)2. delilah, enchantress, femme fatale, siren, temptressa woman who is considered to be dangerously seductive.
~ adult female, womanan adult female person (as opposed to a man).; "the woman kept house while the man hunted"
n. (communication)3. sirena warning signal that is a loud wailing sound.
~ alarum, warning signal, alarm, alertan automatic signal (usually a sound) warning of danger.
n. (artifact)4. sirenan acoustic device producing a loud often wailing sound as a signal or warning.
~ acoustic devicea device for amplifying or transmitting sound.
~ alarm system, warning device, alarma device that signals the occurrence of some undesirable event.
n. (animal)5. sireneellike aquatic North American salamander with small forelimbs and no hind limbs; have permanent external gills.
~ salamanderany of various typically terrestrial amphibians that resemble lizards and that return to water only to breed.
~ genus sirena genus of Sirenidae.