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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Have warm feelings toward Copenhagen’s favorite son, Hans Christian Andersen, and his little tales about lovelorn mermaids and ugly ducklings?
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 1, 2025
What if someone told you mermaids were real?
From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2024
Fish-tailed mermaids and Barbie dolls are free from ticking biological and career clocks – although they imagine or play at the things determined by those clocks, too.
From Salon ● Sep. 13, 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 had written their phone numbers in waterproof ink on Hazel’s arm so that she could keep in touch.
From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan
