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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. half woman and half fish; lives in the sea;


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

mermaid n 1: half woman and half fish; lives in the sea
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

39 Moby Thesaurus words for "mermaid": Davy, Davy Jones, Dylan, Neptune, Nereid, Nereus, Oceanid, Oceanus, Poseidon, Thetis, Triton, Varuna, bather, bathing beauty, bathing girl, diver, fresh-water nymph, frogman, kelpie, limniad, man fish, merman, naiad, natator, nix, nixie, ocean nymph, sea devil, sea god, sea nymph, sea-maid, sea-maiden, seaman, siren, swimmer, undine, water god, water spirit, water sprite