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Merteen vs Merchild - What's the difference?

merteen | merchild | Hyponyms |

Merchild is a hyponym of merteen.



As nouns the difference between merteen and merchild

is that merteen is a teenage merperson while merchild is the young of either sex of a legendary creature, human from the waist up, fishlike from the waist down.

merteen

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A teenage merperson.
  • * 2000 , Virginia Vitzthum, " Annie Sprinkle swims forward", Salon , 8 February 2000:
    • In the “how to make a porn video” within the video, Sprinkle plays an older mermaid who sexually initiates a “merteen ” played by Sirena.
  • * 2005 , Rachel Roberts, The Heart of Avalon , CDS Books (2005), ISBN 9781593150136, page 120:
    • Realization filled the merteen' s eyes with sadness.
  • * 2012 , Maria Denardo, " Rockefeller's Center", The Daily Dan , 27 July 2012:
    • I paddle board, boogie board, and I use a monofin when I swim. You put your two feet in a fin and workout in the water. It’s a great way for merfolk—mermen, merteens , whoever—to connect with the water.

    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