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merfamily

merfamily noun: a family of merfolk.

Noun

merfamily (plural merfamilies)

  1. A family of merfolk.
    • "The land fairies say the pollution in the cove has been making all the sea creatures sick. I imagine that includes the merfamily. […]2008, Donna Varnes, The Cove, Xulon Press, →ISBN, page 271
    • Internally, the floor had been built up with flat rocks, therefore, even at high tide, it never contained more than two feet of water, and in the evening the entrance was always damned up by large boulders so that any incoming water did not disturb the sleeping merfamily.2012, Annie McLeod, Man or Beast, Glass Jar Publishing (2012), page 54

Forms of merfamily

pluralmerfamilies

Origin of merfamily

From mer- + family.

Questions about merfamily

What does merfamily mean?
Merfamily means a family of merfolk.
What part of speech is merfamily?
Merfamily is a noun.
What is the plural of merfamily?
The plural of merfamily is merfamilies.

Words near merfamily in the dictionary

  1. Merewether
  2. Merewether Heights
  3. Merewethers
  4. Mereworth
  5. merfamilies
  6. merfamily
  7. merfather
  8. merfathers
  9. Merfeld
  10. Merfelds
  11. merfold

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