: a fabled marine creature with the head and upper body of a woman and the tail of a fish
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Meet mermaids at the aquarium Your favorite shimmering stars of the sea glide and twirl through the water with their tropical fish friends as part of the Mermaids Make Waves special event.
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Caroline Ritzie, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
Your summer jewelry should feel like it was made by a gaggle of mermaids.
—Meghan Rose, Glamour, 27 June 2025
Snorkel a new artificial reef where mermaids stand guard.
—Angela Caraway-Carlton, Miami Herald, 5 June 2025
The attraction is famous for introducing the world to mermaids via a variety show that includes performers swimming and dancing underwater in the country’s deepest natural spring.
—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 4 July 2025
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Caroline Ritzie, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
Your summer jewelry should feel like it was made by a gaggle of mermaids.
—Meghan Rose, Glamour, 27 June 2025
Snorkel a new artificial reef where mermaids stand guard.
—Angela Caraway-Carlton, Miami Herald, 5 June 2025
The attraction is famous for introducing the world to mermaids via a variety show that includes performers swimming and dancing underwater in the country’s deepest natural spring.
—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 4 July 2025
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“Mermaid.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mermaid. Accessed 7 Aug. 2025.
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mermaid
noun
mer·maid
ˈmər-ˌmād 
: an imaginary sea creature usually represented with a woman's body and a fish's tail
Etymology
Middle English mermayde "mermaid," from mere "lake, pool, sea" and mayde "maid"
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