Mermaid

Noun

 * 1) A mythological creature with a woman's head and upper body, and a tail of a fish.

Holonyms

 * merfolk

Related terms

 * mergirl
 * merman
 * merewif


 * merwolf
 * mereswine

Coordinate terms

 * melusine
 * nixie
 * siren

Thesaurus
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

Etymology
From mermayde:, from mere: + maid:

Translations

 * Arabic: حورية البحر, حورية الماء
 * Armenian:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Croatian:
 * Czech: mořská panna
 * Danish:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Estonian: merineitsi
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:, Wassernixe,  Seejungfrau,
 * Hindi: मत्स्यांगना
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Icelandic:
 * Irish:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:


 * Korean:
 * Latin: siren
 * Latvian: nāra
 * Macedonian:, морска самовила,  морска вила
 * Maltese:
 * Norwegian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:, , наяда
 * Scottish Gaelic: maighdeann-mhara
 * Serbian:
 * Cyrillic: сирена
 * Roman: sirena
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: sjöjungfru
 * Telugu: మత్స్యకన్య (matsyakanya)
 * Turkish:
 * Vietnamese: cô gái mình người đuôi cá, nhân ngư
 * Welsh: