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n.
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.
n.
Something which is insidious or deceptive.
n.
The male parent of a beast; -- applied especially to horses; as, the horse had a good sire.
n. pl.
An order of large aquatic herbivorous mammals, including the manatee, dugong, rytina, and several fossil genera.
n.
A mermaid.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Sire
a.
Like, or appropriate to, a siren; fascinating; deceptive.
n. pl.
An order of tailed aquatic amphibians, including Siren and Pseudobranchus. They have anterior legs only, are eel-like in form, and have no teeth except a small patch on the palate. The external gills are persistent through life.
n.
See Siren.
v. t.
To beget; to procreate; -- used of beasts, and especially of stallions.
imp. & p. p.
of Sire
n.
Any species of Sirenia.
n.
See Siren, 6.
n.
An enticing, dangerous woman.
n.
The larval form of any salamander while it still has external gills; especially, one of those which, like the axolotl (Amblystoma Mexicanum), sometimes lay eggs while in this larval state, but which under more favorable conditions lose their gills and become normal salamanders. See also Axolotl.
n.
A genus of large edentulous sirenians, allied to the dugong and manatee, including but one species (R. Stelleri); -- called also Steller's sea cow. S () the nineteenth letter of the English alphabet, is a consonant, and is often called a sibilant, in allusion to its hissing sound. It has two principal sounds; one a mere hissing, as in sack, this; the other a vocal hissing (the same as that of z), as in is, wise. Besides these it sometimes has the sounds of sh and zh, as in sure, measure. It generally has its hissing sound at the beginning of words, but in the middle and at the end of words its sound is determined by usage. In a few words it is silent, as in isle, debris. With the letter h it forms the digraph sh. See Guide to pronunciation, // 255-261.
v. i.
To use the enticements of a siren; to act as a siren; to fascinate.
a.
Of or pertaining to a siren; bewitching, like a siren; fascinating; alluring; as, a siren song.
n.
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 color, and becames two feet long.
n.
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.
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