: a fabled marine creature with the head and upper body of a woman and the tail of a fish
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The Love on the Spectrum star posed for a photoshoot at the grand opening of the new Treasure Beach Village at Beaches Turks and Caicos, dressing up in a mermaid tail reminiscent of one of her favorite characters, Ariel from The Little Mermaid.
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Christopher Edwards, PEOPLE, 19 May 2026
But the setting isn’t, say, a fairy tale village or a mermaid kingdom under the sea, to point at two Disney classics the film gives winking reference to.
—Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 15 May 2026
Mermaid dives require a separate ticket, while the mermaid meeting is included in admission.
—Patrick Connolly, The Orlando Sentinel, 14 May 2026
The longest-running mermaid event on the West Coast returns to Sacramento as the California Mermaid Convention celebrates all things under the sea.
—Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 14 May 2026
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Christopher Edwards, PEOPLE, 19 May 2026
But the setting isn’t, say, a fairy tale village or a mermaid kingdom under the sea, to point at two Disney classics the film gives winking reference to.
—Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 15 May 2026
Mermaid dives require a separate ticket, while the mermaid meeting is included in admission.
—Patrick Connolly, The Orlando Sentinel, 14 May 2026
The longest-running mermaid event on the West Coast returns to Sacramento as the California Mermaid Convention celebrates all things under the sea.
—Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 14 May 2026
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“Mermaid.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mermaid. Accessed 22 May. 2026.
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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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