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mermaid
/ˈməːmeɪd/
noun
A mythical sea creature with the head and trunk of a woman and the tail of a fish, conventionally depicted as beautiful and with long flowing golden hair.
Origin
Middle English: from mere (in the obsolete sense ‘sea’) + maid.
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Martin maintained, despite the conventional wisdom, that the mermaid he saw did not have long flowing golden hair.
