: a fabled marine creature with the head and upper body of a woman and the tail of a fish
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Tinker bells and mermaids, and there are so many more statues of women as mythical figures than women who have lived and fought and celebrated.
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There’s no evidence that Silly String ever caused any LAPD motorcycle cops to wreck their hogs while weaving between drunken vampires and mermaids on Hollywood Boulevard.
—Connor Sheets, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2024
Often called real-life mermaids, the haenyeo of South Korea’s Jeju Island are renowned for centuries of diving to the ocean floor—without oxygen—to harvest seafood for their livelihood.
—Jessica Radloff, Glamour, 6 Oct. 2024
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Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Nov. 2024
There’s no evidence that Silly String ever caused any LAPD motorcycle cops to wreck their hogs while weaving between drunken vampires and mermaids on Hollywood Boulevard.
—Connor Sheets, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2024
Often called real-life mermaids, the haenyeo of South Korea’s Jeju Island are renowned for centuries of diving to the ocean floor—without oxygen—to harvest seafood for their livelihood.
—Jessica Radloff, Glamour, 6 Oct. 2024
Top trends: T-shirts worn off body/reworked, chartreuse, heeled mules, fit and flare mermaid skirts.
—Rhonda Richford, WWD, 2 Oct. 2024
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“Mermaid.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mermaid. Accessed 18 Dec. 2024.
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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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