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melusine

melusine noun: a mermaid with a split or double tail.

Noun

melusine (plural melusines)

  1. A mermaid with a split or double tail.

Proper noun capitalized: Melusine

Melusine

  1. 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.

Forms of melusine

Noun
pluralmelusines
Proper noun
alternative formMelesina
alternative formMelusina

Origin of melusine

From Melusine.

Questions about melusine

What does melusine mean?
Melusine means a mermaid with a split or double tail.
What part of speech is melusine?
Melusine can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of melusine?
The plural of melusine is melusines.

Words near melusine in the dictionary

  1. Melungeon
  2. Melungeons
  3. Meluri
  4. melusin
  5. Melusina
  6. melusine
  7. melusines
  8. Melva
  9. Melverley
  10. Melvern
  11. Melverton

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