mermaid
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- noun
- /ˈmɜrˌmeɪd/
- Literature
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- The movie featured a beautiful mermaid who rescued sailors lost at sea.
- a little mermaid
He also I have heard the mermaids singing each to each.
- He also I have heard the mermaids singing each to each.
- I honestly think in the past life I was a mermaid or a fish.
- There's the how do you make more mermaids is the question.
- It took me by surprise, but killer mermaids, you can't beat that.
- Anyway, love mermaids, always have that is my point.
- Feel like an evil goth Princess mermaid thing.
Examples
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Her rump seemed to fade into her legs like a mermaid's long tail.
Fiction book (1996) -
I have heard the mermaid singing each to each.
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Yeah, hey, did you see The Little Mermaid on TV the other night?
Fiction book (1999) -
I honestly think in the past life I was a mermaid or a fish.
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Did you expect to find me in there with the mermaid?
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Marie was frolicking like a mermaid, now close to the boat.
Fiction book (1996) -
We pull back to see the mermaids through the viewing windows of a large tank behind the bar.
Fiction book (1999) -
There were starfishes and mermaids all around me.
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Did you know Lovey got married to a mermaid named Lydia?
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I was called America's mermaid... ...because it appeared that I could stay underwater indefinitely.
Synonyms
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Imaginary people with a human upper body and a fish tail who live in the sea
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An imaginary creature with a human upper body and a fish tail that lives in the sea
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Mermaid comes from old English parts mere meaning 'sea' and maid meaning 'young woman'. So a mermaid is literally a 'sea-woman', which explains the idea of a creature with a woman's upper body and a fish tail.