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Definition of Merchild
1. Noun. The young of either sex of a legendary creature, human from the waist up, fishlike from the waist down. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Merchild
1. a fish with the body of a child [n MERCHILDREN]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Merchild
Literary usage of Merchild
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Reliquary and Illustrated Archaeologist,: A Quarterly Journal and Review edited by Llewellyn Frederick William Jewitt, John Charles Cox, John Romilly Allen (1890)
"... and merchild. The male monster plays on a violin, whilst the female (who is
crowned) ... merchild ..."
2. The Antiquary by Edward Walford, John Charles Cox, George Latimer Apperson (1881)
"... suckling a merchild.—Mr. Rivett Carnac exhibited a collection of spindle-whorls
and votive seals found in Buddhist ruins in North-west India. ..."
3. The Bibelot: A Reprint of Poetry and Prose for Book Lovers, Chosen in Part by Thomas Bird Mosher, John Keats (1904)
"The fish -tailed merchild carved in crumbling stone Wreathed with loose straggling
roses, reigns alone, Th' abandoned idol still smiles gravely on. ..."
4. The Garden Muse: Poems for Garden Lovers by William Aspenwall Bradley (1910)
"The fish-tailed merchild carved in crumbling stone Wreathed with loose straggling
roses, reigns alone, Th' abandoned idol still smiles gravely on. ..."
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