Merman

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  • noun. A legendary sea creature having the head and upper body of a man and the tail of a fish.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A fabulous man of the sea, with the lower part of the body that of a fish.
  • noun. In heraldry, same as triton.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The male corresponding to mermaid; a sea man, or man fish.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A legendary creature, human male from the waist up, fishlike from the waist down.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. United States singer who appeared in several musical comedies (1909-1984)
  • noun. half man and half fish; lives in the sea
    • Word Usage
    "We are told in one place a few lines further on that the merman is of humankind; and in another that he is a kind of fish (Night dccccxlv)."
    Antonyms
    Words with the opposite meaning
    mermaid  
    cross-reference
    merfolk  mermaid  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    imaginary being  imaginary creature  singer  vocaliser  vocalist  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    Nereid  annalist  behemoths  booba  circumpolar  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    marmennill  seaman  
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