: a fabled marine creature with the head and upper body of a man and the tail of a fish
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Set in the seaside town of Freya Grove, this charming witchy romance follows Lucy, a high school teacher and witch, and Alex, a merman and her old crush from high school.
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Audrey Goldberg Ruoff, PEOPLE, 27 Sep. 2025
Wandering among the half naked nymphs and leering wolves and buff mermen poking their lovely wet heads out of glassy forest pools, their eyes dark with wanting to drag her down to oblivion.
—Literary Hub, 24 Sep. 2025
The tour guide regaled my group with colorful anecdotes, including a fable about a mute merman who was caught in a fishing net and imprisoned in the castle before escaping back to sea.
—Kate Maxwell, Travel + Leisure, 18 May 2024
Earlier this month, she and her 16 mermaids and mermen were fired.
—Angie Dimichele, Sun Sentinel, 10 May 2024
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Audrey Goldberg Ruoff, PEOPLE, 27 Sep. 2025
Wandering among the half naked nymphs and leering wolves and buff mermen poking their lovely wet heads out of glassy forest pools, their eyes dark with wanting to drag her down to oblivion.
—Literary Hub, 24 Sep. 2025
The tour guide regaled my group with colorful anecdotes, including a fable about a mute merman who was caught in a fishing net and imprisoned in the castle before escaping back to sea.
—Kate Maxwell, Travel + Leisure, 18 May 2024
Earlier this month, she and her 16 mermaids and mermen were fired.
—Angie Dimichele, Sun Sentinel, 10 May 2024
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“Merman.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/merman. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.
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merman
noun
mer·man
ˈmər-ˌman 
-mən
plural mermen
-ˌmen,
-mən
: an imaginary sea creature usually represented with a man's body and a fish's tail
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