Definitions
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- noun The young of either sex of a
legendary creature ,human from the waist up,fishlike from the waist down.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Then he splashed up to Dessie and caught the merchild, giving it a smart slap across its buttocks with a very human expression of exasperation.
The Stars Are Ours Norton, Andre 1954
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The merchild made up its mind and splashed out to meet the shorter of the two advancing figures and was gathered up in eager arms.
The Stars Are Ours Norton, Andre 1954
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The merchild made up its mind and splashed out to meet the shorter of the two advancing figures and was gathered up in eager arms.
Star Flight Norton, Andre 1954
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The merchild struggled to free itself, slipped under the reaching hand of its father, and darted back to Dessie.
The Stars Are Ours Norton, Andre 1954
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The merchild struggled to free itself, slipped under the reaching hand of its father, and darted back to Dessie.
Star Flight Norton, Andre 1954
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Dessie had been waiting impatiently by the waves 'sweep, and now, heedless of the water curling about her legs, she ran forward, holding out her hands to the merchild who threshed up a fountain of spray in its eagerness to meet her.
The Stars Are Ours Norton, Andre 1954
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Hand in hand they pattered to dry land where the merchild shrank shyly against the little girl when it saw the men.
The Stars Are Ours Norton, Andre 1954
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The merchild made up its mind and splashed out to meet the shorter of the two advancing figures and was gathered up in eager arms.
The Stars Are Ours Norton, Andre 1954
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Then he splashed up to Dessie and caught the merchild, giving it a smart slap across its buttocks with a very human expression of exasperation.
The Stars Are Ours Norton, Andre 1954
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Then he splashed up to Dessie and caught the merchild, giving it a smart slap across its buttocks with a very human expression of exasperation.
Star Flight Norton, Andre 1954
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