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mermaid

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mer·maid  (mûrmd)
n.
A legendary sea creature having the head and upper body of a woman and the tail of a fish.

[Middle English : mere, sea, lake; see mere2 + maid, maid; see maid.]

mermaid [ˈmɜːˌmeɪd]
n
(Myth & Legend / European Myth & Legend) an imaginary sea creature fabled to have a woman's head and upper body and a fish's tail
[from mere lake, inlet + maid]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.mermaid - half woman and half fishmermaid - half woman and half fish; lives in the sea
imaginary being, imaginary creature - a creature of the imagination; a person that exists only in legends or myths or fiction
Translations
mermaid [ˈmɜːmeɪd] Nsirena f

mermaid [ˈmɜːrmeɪd] nsirène f

mermaid
nNixe f, → See- or Meerjungfrau f

mermaid [ˈmɜːmeɪd] nsirena

mermaid
n mermaid [ˈməːmeid]
an imaginary sea creature with a human body down to the waist and a fish's tail. meermin حوريَّة الماء، عَروس البَحْر русалка mořská panna havfrue die Meerjunfer γοργόνα sirena näkineitsi پری دریایی merenneito sirène בַּת יָם जलपरी sirena, morska vila sellő putri duyung hafmey sirena 人魚 (여자) 인어 undinė nāra ikan duyung zeemeermin havfrue; havmann syrena, rusałka-wodnik sereia sirenă русалка morská panna morska deklica sirena sjöjungfru นางเงือก deniz kızı 美人魚 сирена, русалка جل پری người cá

mermaid حورية الماء mořská panna havfrue Meerjungfrau γοργόνα sirena merenneito sirène morska sirena sirena 人魚 인어 meermin havfrue syrena sereia русалка sjöjungfru นางเงือก deniz kızı nàng tiên cá 美人鱼


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Her final employment was to gather seaweed of various kinds, and make herself a scarf or mantle, and a head-dress, and thus assume the aspect of a little mermaid.
But is the Queen a mermaid, to be presented with a tail?
She eluded me like the mermaid she was, and I saw the laughter on her face as she fled.
 
 
 
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