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Mermaid vs Sirens - What's the difference?

mermaid | sirens |

As nouns the difference between mermaid and sirens

is that mermaid is a mythological creature with a woman's head and upper body, and a tail of a fish while sirens is plural of lang=en.

mermaid

English

(wikipedia mermaid)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A mythological creature with a woman's head and upper body, and a tail of a fish.

    • Synonyms

    * mergirl, merlady, mermaiden, merwoman

    Hyponyms

    * mermother * merqueen

    Hypernyms

    * merperson

    Holonyms

    * merfolk

    Related terms

    * merman * merewif * merwolf * mereswine

    Coordinate terms

    * melusine * nixie * siren

    Derived terms

    * mermaid's purse * mermaid skirt

    sirens

    English

    Noun

    (head)

    • Anagrams

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