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merman

[mur-man] / ˈmɜrˌmæn /


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Louie’s face appears on a merman swimming near a shipwreck.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 7, 2025

But the first mermaid that comes into focus doesn’t so much evoke wonder as it does a flashback of Ben Stiller’s merman in “Zoolander.”

From Washington Times ● May 23, 2023

Well, yes, but you can blame Javier Bardem, who can do the gaze-of-a-loving-father thing to perfection, even when decked out with a merman tail.

From Seattle Times ● May 22, 2023

One merman even ventured into a local tavern, where he splayed himself out atop the bar, puffing a long cigarette.

From Slate ● Jan. 24, 2020

When nobody answered him, Barbarossa shook the coat off his shoulders, climbed out of his huge pants, and stumbled toward the merman.

From "The Thief Lord" by Cornelia Funke

Ariel, played by Halle Bailey, is Black and hails from a mixed-race family of mermaids and mermen.

From Washington Times ● May 25, 2023

I take a lot of joy from my mermen, octopuses, flamingos, etc.

From Slate ● Dec. 17, 2019

Dive Bar’s 40-foot-long aquarium, located above the main bar, holds 7,500 gallons of saltwater, 60-some tropical fish and, on occasion, mermaids and mermen.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 14, 2018

Photograph: Robert Azmitia/Demotix for the Guardian “I don’t think the merman market has been huge because people are people have been uncomfortable with it,” Candy Ducharme said, attributing the lack of mermen to “fear”.

From The Guardian ● Jun. 14, 2015

The Cerwyn battle-axe flapped bravely wherever he looked, and there were Tallhart trees as well, and mermen from White Harbor.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin




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