Melusine

name, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A mermaid with a split or double tail.
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A figure of European folklore and mythology (mostly Celtic), a female spirit of fresh water in a sacred spring or river, usually depicted as a serpent or fish from the waist down, and sometimes with wings.

Etymology

From Melusine.

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