mermaid
n. கடற்கன்னி, பழம்புராண மரபுகளில் அரைக்கு மேல் பெண்ணாகவும் அரைக்குக் கீழ்மீன் வாலாகவும் அமைந்த அரைமனித உரு.
Mer"maid, n. Etym: [AS. mere lake, sea. See Mere lake, and maid.] Defn: A fabled marine creature, typically represented as having the upper part like that of a woman, and the lower like a fish; a sea nymph, sea woman, or woman fish. Note: Chaucer uses this word as equivalent to the siren of the ancients. Mermaid fish (Zoöl.) the angel fish (Squatina). -- Mermaid's glove (Zoöl.), a British branched sponge somewhat resembling a glove. -- Mermaid's head (Zoöl.), a European spatangoid sea urchin (Echinocardium cordatum) having some resemblance to a skull. -- Mermaid weed (Bot.), an aquatic herb with dentate or pectinate leaves (Proserpinaca palustris and P. pectinacea).