Lēp'i-do-sī'ren, n.

n. [Gr. λεπίς, scale, and σειρήν, siren.] (Zoöl.) An eel-shaped animal covered with rounded scales, having four rod-like members, and breathing water like a fish. It is found in ponds and rivers of intertropical Africa and South America. By some it is regarded as a fish, and by others as a batrachian.