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A figure of European folklore and mythology (mostly Celtic), a female spirit of fresh water in a sacred spring or river, usually depicted as a serpent or fish from the waist down, and sometimes with wings.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: human-sciences, mysticism, mythology, philosophy, sciences
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noun
A mermaid with a split or double tail.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: fantasy
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History
From Melusine.
Across languages
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