mermaid's glove

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mermaid's glove - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Mermaid \Mer"maid\, n. [AS. mere lake, sea. See Mere lake, and
     maid.]
     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.
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     Note: Chaucer uses this word as equivalent to the siren of
           the ancients.
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     Mermaid fish (Zool.) the angel fish (Squatina).
  
     Mermaid's glove (Zool.), a British branched sponge somewhat
        resembling a glove.
  
     Mermaid's head (Zool.), 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
        Proserpinaca pectinacea).
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