siren

Noun

• eellike aquatic North American salamander with small forelimbs and no hind limbs; have permanent external gills

• an acoustic device producing a loud often wailing sound as a signal or warning

• a warning signal that is a loud wailing sound

• a woman who is considered to be dangerously seductive

• 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
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  enchantress , temptress , Delilah , femme fatale , Siren