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Mermaid

Mermaid Meaning & Definition
Mermaid Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Mermaid?

[n] half woman and half fish; lives in the sea

Synonyms | Synonyms for Mermaid:

Related Terms | Find terms related to Mermaid: bather | bathing beauty | bathing girl | Davy | Davy Jones | diver | Dylan | fresh-water nymph | frogman | kelpie | limniad | man fish | merman | naiad | natator | Neptune | Nereid | Nereus | nix | nixie | ocean nymph | Oceanid | Oceanus | Poseidon | sea devil | sea god | sea nymph | sea-maid | sea-maiden | seaman | siren | swimmer | Thetis | Triton | undine | Varuna | water god | water spirit | water sprite

See Also | imaginary being | imaginary creature

Mermaid In Webster's Dictionary

\Mer"maid\, n. [AS. mere lake, sea. See {Mere} lake, and {maid}.] A fabled marine creature, typically represented as having the upper part like that of a woman, and the lower like a fish; a sea nymph, sea woman, or woman fish. Note: Chaucer uses this word as equivalent to the siren of the ancients. {Mermaid fish} (Zo["o]l.) the angel fish ({Squatina}). {Mermaid's glove} (Zo["o]l.), a British branched sponge somewhat resembling a glove. {Mermaid's head} (Zo["o]l.), a European spatangoid sea urchin ({Echinocardium cordatum}) having some resemblance to a skull. {Mermaid weed} (Bot.), an aquatic herb with dentate or pectinate leaves ({Proserpinaca palustris} and {P. pectinacea}).

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