Definition of Mermeid
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.
&fist; 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).
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- a woman with a fish's tail in place of legs
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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