merchild
nounEtymology From mer- + child.
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The young of either sex of a legendary creature, human from the waist up, fishlike from the waist down.
- The fish-tailed merchild carved in crumbling stone Wreathed with loose straggling roses, reigns alone...1904, Thomas Bird Mosher, The Bibelot, page 160:
- There were mermaids with gold chains around slinky long tails, swimming along with little merchildren.2003, Liz Kessler, The Tail of Emily Windsnap, Scholastic, →ISBN, page 57:
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- He shuddered as he thought about all the stories he had heard as a young merchild.2003, Debbie Viguié, Midnight Pearls, Simon Pulse, →ISBN, page 80:
- Synonyms
- merkid