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merparent

merparent noun: a parent who is a merperson.

Noun

merparent (plural merparents)

  1. A parent who is a merperson.
    • After a while the distressed merparents came in search of their lost child.1984, Penelope Hughes, “Home Life of a Triton”, in Richard Hughes: Author, Father, Alan Sutton, →ISBN, part one (1939–1945), page 7
    • He wiped milk from his eyebrows and wondered if merparents spanked their children.2007, Suzanne Selfors, “The Goldfish Sacrifice”, in To Catch a Mermaid, New York, N.Y.; Boston, Mass.: Little, Brown and Company, published 2009, →ISBN, page 48

Examples of merparent in a sentence

  • A steady stream of merparents and merstudents floated in.2015, Debbie Dadey, “A Promise”, in A Tale of Two Sisters (Mermaid Tales), Aladdin, →ISBN, pages 70–71:
  • Besides, he has merparents.” “A human with merparents?2015, Howard T. Parsons, chapter 26, in Urban Mermaid (Tails from Colony Island; book one), Renton, Wash.: Moonlight Garden, →ISBN, page...

Forms of merparent

pluralmerparents

Origin of merparent

From mer- + parent.

Questions about merparent

What does merparent mean?
Merparent means a parent who is a merperson.
How do you use merparent in a sentence?
A steady stream of merparents and merstudents floated in.
What part of speech is merparent?
Merparent is a noun.
What is the plural of merparent?
The plural of merparent is merparents.

Words near merparent in the dictionary

  1. merozoite
  2. merozoites
  3. merozygote
  4. merozygotes
  5. Meroë
  6. merparent
  7. merparents
  8. merpentan
  9. merpeople
  10. merperson
  11. merpersons

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