MERMAIDS

Noun

mermaids

plural of mermaid

Source: Wiktionary

MERMAID

Mer"maid, n. Etym: [AS. mere lake, sea. See Mere lake, and maid.]

Definition: 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 (Zoöl.) the angel fish (Squatina).

– Mermaid's glove (Zoöl.), a British branched sponge somewhat resembling a glove.

– Mermaid's head (Zoöl.), 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).

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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