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Mer·man (mûr

n), Ethel 1909-1984.

American musical comedy actress noted for her powerful voice. She appeared in Annie Get Your Gun (1946) and many other productions.

mer·man (mûr

, -m

A legendary sea creature having the head and upper body of a man and the tail of a fish.

[mer(maid) + man.]

merman [ˈmɜːˌmæn]

n pl -men

(Myth & Legend / European Myth & Legend) a male counterpart of the mermaid

[see mermaid]

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Noun	1.	Merman - United States singer who appeared in several musical comedies (1909-1984) Ethel Merman
	2.	merman - half man 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

merman [ˈmɜːmæn] N (mermen (pl)) → tritón m

merman

n pl <-men> → Nix m, → Wassergeist m

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dullness Ethel Merman imaginary being imaginary creature			While I was battering away at the pyramid, a sort of badger-haired old merman, with a hump on his back, takes me by the shoulders, and slews me round. Moby Dick I-LXVII by Melville, Herman View in context The Merman with his light was ready at the box-door, and other Mermen with other lights were ready at many of the doors. Little Dorrit by Dickens, Charles View in context {112} Now there is in Ithaca a haven of the old merman Phorcys, which lies between two points that break the line of the sea and shut the harbour in. The Odyssey by Homer View in context			Meritot merits Meriwether Lewis Merk Merke merkin Merl Merlangus Merlangus merlangus merle Merleau-Ponty Merlin Merling Merlo merlon Merlot Merluccius Merluccius bilinearis Merluce mermaid Mermaid fish Mermaid weed Mermaid's glove Mermaid's head mermaid's purse Merman Mero mero- Meroblast meroblastic Merocele merocrine Merodach Meroë merogenesis Meroistic merology meromelia meromyosin meronym meronymy Merope meropia Meropidae Meropidan meroplankton Meropodite Merops Merorganization Meros Merosome			Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch Pure Mermaid Music Mermaid Music Mermaid Music Mermaid purse Mermaid purse Mermaid purse Mermaid Smiled Mermaid Syndrome Mermaid Tavern Mermaid Theatre Mermaid weed Mermaid's glove Mermaid's Hair Mermaid's Hair Mermaid's head Mermaid's purse Mermaid's purse Mermaid's purse Mermaid's purse mermaid's purses mermaid's purses mermaid's purses Mermaids Mermaids Mermaids Mermaids purse Mermaids purse Mermaids purse Merman Merman, Ethel Merman, Ethel Mermen Mermen Mermen MERMER Mermet Lake State Fish & Wildlife Area Mermin, N David Mermin, N. David Mermis subnigrescens Mermithidae Mermithoidea MERML MERMLS MERN Merneptah Merneptah I MERNET MERNI MERNVG Mero Mero Mero Mero Mero (disambiguation) mero- mero- mero- meroanencephaly Meroblast

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