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
"She fixed in my mind a love of mermaids," said Pratchett.
From BBC ● Dec. 21, 2023
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
Beached whales, porpoises caught in fishing nets, mermaids with hangnails— they’d call me to come underwater and help.
From "The Titan's Curse" by Rick Riordan
