'Mermaid' definitions:
Definition of 'mermaid'
(from WordNet)
noun
Half woman and half fish; lives in the sea
Definition of 'Mermaid'
From: GCIDE
- Mermaid \Mer"maid\, n. [AS. mere lake, sea. See Mere lake, and maid.] A fabled marine creature, typically represented as having the upper part like that of a woman, and the lower like a fish; a sea nymph, sea woman, or woman fish. [1913 Webster]
- Note: Chaucer uses this word as equivalent to the siren of the ancients. [1913 Webster]
- Mermaid fish (Zool.) the angel fish (Squatina).
- Mermaid's glove (Zool.), a British branched sponge somewhat resembling a glove.
- Mermaid's head (Zool.), a European spatangoid sea urchin (Echinocardium cordatum) having some resemblance to a skull.
- Mermaid weed (Bot.), an aquatic herb with dentate or pectinate leaves (Proserpinaca palustris and Proserpinaca pectinacea). [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'mermaid'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- bather,
- bathing beauty,
- bathing girl,
- Davy,
- Davy Jones,
- diver,
- Dylan,
- fresh-water nymph,
- frogman,
- kelpie,
- limniad,
- man fish,
- merman,
- naiad,
- natator,
- Neptune,
- Nereid,
- Nereus,
- nix,
- nixie,
- ocean nymph,
- Oceanid,
- Oceanus,
- Poseidon,
- sea devil,
- sea god,
- sea nymph,
- sea-maid,
- sea-maiden,
- seaman,
- siren,
- swimmer,
- Thetis,
- Triton,
- undine,
- Varuna,
- water god,
- water spirit,
- water sprite