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 Mer·maid n.  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 Zool. the angel fish (Squatina).
 Mermaid's glove Zool., a British branched sponge somewhat resembling a glove.
 Mermaid's head Zool., 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 Proserpinaca pectinacea).
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