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merman

[mur-man] / ˈmɜrˌmæn /


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Louie’s face appears on a merman swimming near a shipwreck.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 7, 2025

But the first mermaid that comes into focus doesn’t so much evoke wonder as it does a flashback of Ben Stiller’s merman in “Zoolander.”

From Washington Times May 23, 2023

After sneaking into Wakanda in “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever,” Marvel’s merman demigod Namor emerges from the water in the darkness.

From Seattle Times Dec. 28, 2022

And the yearly calendar production means getting together to sow merman tails and road-tripping around the island for photo shoots—which have been cathartic for many of the men involved.

From Slate Jan. 24, 2020

With the butt of his trident he tapped the image of a merman larger than the rest, with the horns of a bull.

From "The Last Olympian" by Rick Riordan

Ariel, played by Halle Bailey, is Black and hails from a mixed-race family of mermaids and mermen.

From Washington Times May 25, 2023

The mermen began to appear in the summer of 2017, in St. John’s, Newfoundland, a provincial fishing town roughly midway between Montreal and Greenland.

From Slate Jan. 24, 2020

Dive Bar’s 40-foot-long aquarium, located above the main bar, holds 7,500 gallons of saltwater, 60-some tropical fish and, on occasion, mermaids and mermen.

From Washington Post Mar. 14, 2018

Photograph: Robert Azmitia/Demotix for the Guardian “I don’t think the merman market has been huge because people are people have been uncomfortable with it,” Candy Ducharme said, attributing the lack of mermen to “fear”.

From The Guardian Jun. 14, 2015

Once he had sat by the canal with Bo and Mosca, and Bo had claimed that mermen and mermaids had built those steps.

From "The Thief Lord" by Cornelia Funke




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