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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:… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Mermaid — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Mermaid Información personal Origen Pamplona (Navarra, España) Información artística Género( … Wikipedia Español
MERMAID — Single de GLAY Publicación 19 de julio de 2000 Género(s) Rock Pop Cronología de GLAY … Wikipedia Español
mermaid — (n.) mid 14c., mermayde, lit. maid of the sea, from Middle English mere sea, lake (see MERE (Cf. mere) (n.)) + MAID (Cf. maid). Old English had equivalent merewif water witch (see WIFE (Cf. wife)), meremenn … Etymology dictionary
mermaid — ► NOUN ▪ a mythical sea creature with a woman s head and trunk and a fish s tail. ORIGIN from MERE(Cf. ↑mere) (in the obsolete sense sea ) + MAID(Cf. ↑maid) … English terms dictionary
mermaid — [mʉr′mād΄] n. [ME mermayde: see MERE2 & MAID] 1. an imaginary sea creature with the head and upper body of a beautiful woman and the tail of a fish 2. a girl or woman who swims well … English World dictionary
Mermaid — For other uses, see Mermaid (disambiguation). Mermaid A Mermaid by John William Waterhouse Mythology World mythology Grouping Mythological S … Wikipedia
Mermaid — Modellboot der Mermaid III Unter dem Namen Mermaid (engl.: Meerjungfrau) entwickelte und produzierte das Karlsruher Unternehmen Bruker Meerestechnik ab 1969 verschiedene Typen von Forschungs U Booten. Die 1971 vom Stapel gelassene Mermaid I… … Deutsch Wikipedia
~Mermaid~ — Infobox Single Name = Mermaid Type = Single Artist = Hitomi Shimatani Released = June 15, 2005 Recorded = 2005 Genre = Dance/J Pop Length = 19:03 Label = avex trax Producer = Reviews = Last single = Garnet Moon/Inori (2004) This single = Mermaid… … Wikipedia
mermaid — /merr mayd /, n. 1. (in folklore) a female marine creature, having the head, torso, and arms of a woman and the tail of a fish. 2. a highly skilled female swimmer. [1300 50; ME mermayde. See MERE2, MAID] * * * ▪ legendary being masculine merman … Universalium
mermaid — [14] A mermaid is literally a ‘seamaiden’. The word was coined on the basis of English mere [OE], which is now a little used term for ‘lake’, but originally denoted ‘sea’ (it came ultimately from Indo European *mori , *mari ‘sea’, which also… … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
