Merfather

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A father merman.

    ""I shall never see my merfather or my mermother any more, or the mermaids, or the fish-king, or the merry dolphins, or-r-r-r " — "Never mind!" cried Elfie, crying too, and she put her arms around the sad little mermaid's neck."

Synonyms

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mermother

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""I shall never see my merfather or my mermother any more, or the mermaids, or the fish-king, or the merry dolphins, or-r-r-r " — "Never mind!" cried Elfie, crying too, and she put her arms around the sad little mermaid's neck."

Etymology

From mer- + father.

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