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English → English (gcide) Definition: Proserpinaca palustris 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. [1913 Webster] Note: Chaucer uses this word as equivalent to the siren of the ancients. [1913 Webster] Mermaid fish (Zo["o]l.) the angel fish (Squatina). Mermaid's glove (Zo["o]l.), a British branched sponge somewhat resembling a glove. Mermaid's head (Zo["o]l.), 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). [1913 Webster]