Saturday, December 26, 2009

What do you call the figure of the woman at the nose of a ship?

I was hoping to look for one for my father in law for christmas to put on his boat, but I don't know the specific name of it.What do you call the figure of the woman at the nose of a ship?
Try 'Figurehead'...What do you call the figure of the woman at the nose of a ship?
Siren i think, as in Siren of the seas





Definition of Siren - a sea nymph, half-woman half-bird, who was believed to sing beguilingly to passing sailors in order to lure them to their doom on the rocks she sat on
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