ALL meanings of mermaid
mer·maid
M m - noun mermaid (in folklore) a female marine creature, having the head, torso, and arms of a woman and the tail of a fish. 1
- noun mermaid a highly skilled female swimmer. 1
- noun mermaid A fictitious or mythical half-human 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. 1
- countable noun mermaid In fairy stories and legends, a mermaid is a woman with a fish's tail instead of legs, who lives in the sea. 0
- noun mermaid an imaginary sea creature fabled to have a woman's head and upper body and a fish's tail 0
- noun mermaid an imaginary sea creature with the head and upper body of a beautiful woman and the tail of a fish 0
- noun mermaid a girl or woman who swims well 0