: a fabled marine creature with the head and upper body of a woman and the tail of a fish
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Cento Raw Bar, which looks like a mermaid’s den, debuts in West Adams.
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Stephanie Breijo, Los Angeles Times, 4 June 2025
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Giant photo cutout boards depicted carefree boardwalk scenes, and Peter Som took the opportunity to slot himself as the face of a mermaid being pulled by a tandem bike.
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Such memories led me to include mermaids in Reanimation, my work about the ocean.
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Stephanie Breijo, Los Angeles Times, 4 June 2025
The thriller tells the story of a dental hygienist who is seduced by a mysterious mermaid into the dark and wet underworld of Florida’s exotic animal trade.
—Katcy Stephan, Variety, 4 June 2025
Giant photo cutout boards depicted carefree boardwalk scenes, and Peter Som took the opportunity to slot himself as the face of a mermaid being pulled by a tandem bike.
—Kristen Tauer, Footwear News, 30 May 2025
Such memories led me to include mermaids in Reanimation, my work about the ocean.
—Vogue, 22 May 2025
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“Mermaid.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mermaid. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.
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mermaid
noun
mer·maid
ˈmər-ˌmād 
: an imaginary sea creature usually represented with a woman's body and a fish's tail
Etymology
Middle English mermayde "mermaid," from mere "lake, pool, sea" and mayde "maid"
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