noun, slang ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A young merperson. informal

   "Here's hoping they get married and spend their days swimming in the sun, merkids in tow."

Synonyms

All synonyms

merchildmerchild

Example

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"Here's hoping they get married and spend their days swimming in the sun, merkids in tow."

Etymology

From mer- + kid.

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