Mermaid

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Female creature with a fish tail and human body (male counterpart: Merman). Varies in size from country to country. Features a.o. in H.C. Andersen's "Den lille havfrue".

Mermaid and Merman in Cosmographia by Sebastian Münster, 1578

English: Mermaid
Portuguese: Sereia; Serena; Nereida; Marinha
Norwegian: Havfrue
Dutch: Zeemeermin; Meermin
German: Meerjungfrau; Seejungfrau; Nixe; Fischweib
French: Sirène
Spanish: Sirena
Italian: Sirena
Greek

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