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sea-elf

sea-elf noun: a merman or mermaid.

Noun

sea-elf (plural sea-elves)

  1. A merman or mermaid.
    • You may dare to face a howitzer's mouth,
      You may brave a wild beast's rage,
      And you'll know less dread with the first or last
      Than this old sea-elf - I'll wage;
      Yet he seem'd such a downright sociable ghost
      That I flinched not from his gage.1833, The Olio: Collected by a Literary Traveller, Boston, page 184
    • TRITON. n seaelf, half man and half fish.1859, Hyde Clarke, New and Comprehensive Dictionary of the English Languge, London: John Weale, page 413, column 2

Forms of sea-elf

pluralsea-elves

Origin of sea-elf

From sea + elf.

Questions about sea-elf

What does sea-elf mean?
Sea-elf means a merman or mermaid.
What part of speech is sea-elf?
Sea-elf is a noun.
What is the plural of sea-elf?
The plural of sea-elf is sea-elves.

Words near sea-elf in the dictionary

  1. sea-ears
  2. sea-egg
  3. sea-eggs
  4. sea-elephant
  5. sea-elephants
  6. sea-elf
  7. sea-elves
  8. sea-emperor
  9. sea-emperors
  10. sea-fan
  11. sea-fans

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