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▪ I. sirenian, n. and a.1 Zool.|saɪˈriːnɪən|
[f. mod.L. Sirenia, f. L. Sīrēn siren n.]
A. n. Any member of the order Sirenia of fish-like aquatic mammals.
1883Science I. 346/1 The discovery of a new fossil sirenian in South Carolina. 1884Goode Nat. Hist. Aquat. Anim. 114 The Sirenians or Sea-Cows. 1894Lydekker Roy. Nat. Hist. II. 567 The existing Sirenians resemble the Cetaceans in having their fore-limbs converted into flippers.
B. adj. Pertaining to or having the characteristics of the order Sirenia.
1891in Cent. Dict.
▪ II. † sirenian, a.2 Obs.
Also syrenian.
[f. siren n. + -ian.]
1. Of or characteristic of a siren; alluring, seductive, deceitful.
1600Tourneur Trans. Metamorph. li, To her Syrenian Song the Knight gave eare. 1633Prynne 1st Pt. Histriom. Ep. Ded., So desperately infatuated with their Syrenian enchantments. 1648J. Beaumont Psyche viii. cxxxiv, No wanton Dress, no Tongue's Sirenian Grace.
2. Inhabited or frequented by alluring women.
1659Howell Lexicon, Ital. Prov., In that Syrenian Citty [Naples] 'tis found that one hair of a woman can draw more then a hundred yoaks of Oxen. |