10601840-n 'a sea nymph (part woman and part bird) supposed to lure sailors to destruction on the rocks where the nymphs lived';
 
Chinese (simplified) 女 海妖 , 海上 女妖 , 海妖 , 海上女妖 , 女海妖
English Siren
Indonesian semboyan
Japanese シレン
Malaysian semboyan
Definitions
Japanese
歌で船人を自分たちのすむ岩の方へと誘い寄せ、難破させるという（半女半鳥の）海の精
― オデュッセウスはセイレーンたちの死の歌が聞こえぬよう、耳に栓をせよと部下たちに命じた
English
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
Relations
Hypernym: sea_nymph
Instance: lorelei
Semantic Field: personn
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