mermaid
noun
(in folklore) a female marine creature, having the head, torso, and arms of a woman and the tail of a fish.
mermaids
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pluralof mermaid.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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My boy is such a traditional boy, and then the girls want to dress up like mermaids and princesses.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 28, 2026
He stayed in a large bedroom on the first floor’s west wing, which features a delicate plaster frieze of mermaids and multiple layers of ancient wooden panelling.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2024
At the beginning of the film, we're introduced to a rainbow collection of mermaids, from Asian to African – in what made-up a kind of all lives matter pool of mermaids.
From Salon ● May 31, 2023
Mythical hybrid beasts such as mermaids, centaurs and chimeras testify to our enduring fascination with the plasticity of biological form: the idea that natural organisms can mutate or be reconfigured.
From Scientific American ● May 31, 2023
The mermaids were dancing and singing in Latin like the priests do at the cathedral during Mass. You were there with me too, at the bottom of the sea.
From "Krik? Krak!" by Edwidge Danticat
