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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
mermaid/ˈmɜːmeɪd/

▶noun a mythical sea creature with the head and trunk of a woman and the tail of a fish.

– derivatives
merman noun (pl. mermen).

– origin ME: from mere2 (in the obs. sense ‘sea’) + maid.

'mermaid' also found in these Oxford entries:

mermaid's purse

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