“mermaid's”

The following 2 entries include the term mermaid's.

mermaid's-hair

noun

: a common filamentous marine blue-green alga (Lyngbya majuscula) growing in long matted tufts on eelgrass and on larger algae

mermaid's purse

noun

: the dark horny or leathery egg case of various skates or other elasmobranch fishes


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