Definitions

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  • noun A baby mermaid or merman.

Etymologies

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From mer- +‎ baby.

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Examples

  • The merbaby brings a curse that Boom must break in order to save his sister.

    Archive 2007-12-01 Tia Nevitt 2007

  • But when the seaweed parts, Boom and Mertyle find that their supper is actually a foul-tempered merbaby.

    More That Got Away Tia Nevitt 2007

  • The merbaby brings a curse that Boom must break in order to save his sister.

    To Catch a Mermaid by Suzanne Selfors Tia Nevitt 2007

  • But when the seaweed parts, Boom and Mertyle find that their supper is actually a foul-tempered merbaby.

    Archive 2007-11-01 Tia Nevitt 2007

  • His sister promptly falls in love with the cranky merbaby, and refuses to be parted from it.

    Archive 2007-12-01 Tia Nevitt 2007

  • His sister promptly falls in love with the cranky merbaby, and refuses to be parted from it.

    To Catch a Mermaid by Suzanne Selfors Tia Nevitt 2007

  • The high point of the story comes when Mertyle contracts ich from the merbaby.

    To Catch a Mermaid by Suzanne Selfors Tia Nevitt 2007

  • The high point of the story comes when Mertyle contracts ich from the merbaby.

    Archive 2007-12-01 Tia Nevitt 2007

  • And in the midst of it all what should happen but the husband of the mermaid pops out of the water with a funny little bit of a merbaby in his arms.

    Biltmore Oswald The Diary of a Hapless Recruit Thorne Smith 1913

  • When the dinner turns out to be a foul-tempered, mud-scented merbaby, Boom and his sister, Mertyle, are thrust into an adventure that comes with a curse.

    Class of 2k7 2008

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