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. [ 1913 Webster ]
☞ Chaucer uses this word as equivalent to the siren of the ancients. [ 1913 Webster ]
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). [ 1913 Webster ]
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