Mermaid
This Mermaid is diving below the Ocean waves as the waves raise seashells, starfish and seahorses from the seabed!
The Mermaid.
Kiddle Encyclopedia
A mermaid is a mythological creature with a female human head and upper body and the tail of a fish. Mermaids live mostly in the water, although sometimes they are known to come out and sit on the rocks above the sea.
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Overview and etymology
The word is a compound of mere, the Old English word for “sea”, and maid, a woman. The male equivalent is a merman.
Claimed sightings
Some people claim to have seen dead or living mermaids from places such as Java and British Columbia.
Hoaxes
In the 19th century, P. T. Barnum showed in his museum a taxidermal hoax called the Fiji mermaid.
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