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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Mythical creatures that are human from the waist up and fish from the waist down. plural, plural-only

Synonyms

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merfolks

Example

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"They said that there are green and scaly merfolk in the sea here."

Etymology

From mer- + folk.

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