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Merbaby vs Merchild - What's the difference?

merbaby | merchild | Hyponyms |

Merbaby is a hyponym of merchild.


As nouns the difference between merbaby and merchild

is that merbaby is a baby mermaid or merman while merchild is the young of either sex of a legendary creature, human from the waist up, fishlike from the waist down.

merbaby

English

Noun

(merbabies)
  • A baby mermaid or merman.
  • * 1997 , Elizabeth Lane, The Tycoon and the Townie , Harlequin (1997), ISBN 9781459273092, unnumbered page:
    • "She should have stayed in the ocean where she belonged. She could have married some nice young merman and had some cute little merbabies and lived a long, happy life—"
  • * 2003 , Liz Kessler, The Tail of Emily Windsnap , Scholastic, ISBN 9780439781787, page 57:
    • There were mermaids with gold chains around slinky long tails, swimming along with little merchildren. One had a merbaby on her back, the tiniest little pink tail sticking out from under its sling.
  • * 2009 , Penny Kendal, Merbaby , Evans Brothers Limited (2009), ISBN 9780237539078, page 35:
    • But Anna held the merbaby tight and carried her towards the sea.

    Hypernyms

    * merchild

    merchild

    English

    Noun

    (merchildren)
  • The young of either sex of a legendary creature, human from the waist up, fishlike from the waist down.
  • *1904 , Thomas Bird Mosher, The Bibelot , p. 160:
    • The fish-tailed merchild carved in crumbling stone
    Wreathed with loose straggling roses, reigns alone...
  • * 2003 , Liz Kessler, The Tail of Emily Windsnap , Scholastic, ISBN 9780439781787, page 57:
    • There were mermaids with gold chains around slinky long tails, swimming along with little merchildren .
  • * 2003 , Debbie Viguié, Midnight Pearls , Simon Pulse (2003), ISBN 0689855575, page 80:
    • He shuddered as he thought about all the stories he had heard as a young merchild .

    Hyponyms

    * merbaby * merteen