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English: "monster resembling siren (mermaid)" (caption to fig. 240), from Renard's illustrated book of marine creatures of the Moluccas. Said to have lived 4 days 7 hours in tank, issuing cries like that of a mouse (souris).
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Source Renard, Louis; Baltazar Coyett, Adrien van der Stell (1754) "monstre ou sirenne" in Poissons, ecrevisses et crabes, de diverses couleurs et figures extraordinaires: que l'on trouve autour des isles Moluques et sur les côtes des terres Australes: peints d'après nature ... Ouvrage ... quit contient un trr̀e grand nombre de poissons les plus beaux & les plus rares de la Mer des Indes, Amsterdam: Chez Reinier & Josué Ottens
Author Louis Renard(1678/79–1746)

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240. Monstre ou sirenne [Fr.] (monster or mermaid) -- index heading

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