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merwolf

merwolf noun: a mermaid wolf; a sea wolf.

Noun

merwolf (plural merwolves)

  1. A mermaid wolf; a sea wolf.
    • When Malcolm is in the water he is transformed into the Lord of the Sea (a part-time job), and he must save his Dominion from the evil sea-wizard Nptananan who takes on many forms, his favorite being that of a merwolf with fangs like a viper.1994, Writers Harvest, page 21
    • The Humdrum had turned the merwolves against the school, and they were crawling around, dragging their fins, getting everything wet and gnashing their teeth at little kids, and then Penelope Bunce, the hero of our story, cast a spell that made the clouds rain silver—2013, Rainbow Rowell, Fangirl, St. Martin’s Press, →ISBN, page 431

Examples of merwolf in a sentence

  • Merwolf: On full moons, this creature transforms into a vicious wolf with the lower body of a fish.2013, Frank Lesser, Sad Monsters: Growling on the Outside, Crying on the Inside, →ISBN:
  • A short drive down to a resort on the south coast and a chat with a woman who has had a Merwolf encounter.2016, Richard Foreman, Wilful Misunderstandings, Lepus Books:
  • love is a stream that sometimes flows inside of me / first it’s black and then it’s green / a merwolf’s dream2018, Will Oldham, “Love Streams”, in Songs of Love and Horror: Collected Lyrics of Will Oldham, →ISBN:
  • “Maledian merwolf hair?” suggested Galvin, waving his hand over a clear pouch bulging with coarse blue hair.2020, Shivaun Plozza, chapter 2, in The Boy, the Wolf, and the Stars, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, →ISBN, page 22:

Forms of merwolf

pluralmerwolves
alternative formmer-wolf

Origin of merwolf

From mer- + wolf.

Questions about merwolf

What does merwolf mean?
Merwolf means a mermaid wolf; a sea wolf.
How do you use merwolf in a sentence?
Merwolf: On full moons, this creature transforms into a vicious wolf with the lower body of a fish.
What part of speech is merwolf?
Merwolf is a noun.
What is the plural of merwolf?
The plural of merwolf is merwolves.

Words near merwolf in the dictionary

  1. Merwin
  2. merwinite
  3. merwitch
  4. merwitches
  5. merwives
  6. merwolf
  7. merwolves
  8. merwoman
  9. merwomen
  10. merworld
  11. mery

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