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A mermaid is a mythical creature with the upper body of a woman and the lower body of a fish.

Mermaid may also refer to:

Places

Australia

United Kingdom

Arts, entertainment, and media

Literature

  • The Mermaid, alternative title for " The Little Mermaid" (Den lille havfrue) by Hans Christian Andersen

Films

Music

Classical

Songs

Visual artworks

Other arts, entertainment, and media

Brands and enterprises

Science

  • MERMAID, a marine scientific instrument platform, short for Mobile Earthquake Recorder for Marine Areas by Independent Divers

Vessels

Other uses

  • Mermaid (Ninurta), in Sumerian mythology, one of the Heroes slain by Ninurta
  • Mermaid, a hybrid tea rose cultivar
  • Fiji mermaid, a hoax presented by PT Barnum
  • Mermaid Syndrome or Sirenomelia, a congenital deformity that gives an appearance of a mermaid
  • Mermaiding, wearing a costume mermaid tail, often while swimming
  • Mermaid is the ICAO radio callsign of Air Alsie, a small airline and charter company based in Sonderborg, Denmark

See also