Associations to the word «Mermaid»

Pictures for the word «Mermaid»

Wiktionary

MERMAID, noun. A mythological creature with a woman's head and upper body, and a tail of a fish.
MERMAID SKIRT, noun. A long skirt which is tight-fitting from the waist to below the knees, before flaring out at the bottom. It can give the wearer a mermaid-like appearance, hence the name.
MERMAID SYNDROME, noun. Sirenomelia

Dictionary definition

MERMAID, noun. Half woman and half fish; lives in the sea.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats