Dictionary

merchild en · NOUN

Etymology

From mer- + child.

Meanings

1. The young of either sex of a legendary creature, human from the waist up, fishlike from the waist down.
   • There were mermaids with gold chains around slinky long tails, swimming along with little merchildren. 2003, Liz Kessler, The Tail of Emily Windsnap, Scholastic, →ISBN, page 57:
   • The fish-tailed merchild carved in crumbling stone Wreathed with loose straggling roses, reigns alone... 1904, Thomas Bird Mosher, The Bibelot, page 160:
   • He shuddered as he thought about all the stories he had heard as a young merchild. 2003, Debbie Viguié, Midnight Pearls, Simon Pulse, →ISBN, page 80:

Forms

Hyponyms

merteen · merbaby

Synonyms

merkid