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Mermaid
A mermaid is a folkloric animal with a female human head and torso (if it's male, it's called a merman) and a fish's tail which inhabits the water. Some sailors claim to have seen mermaids; what they actually saw are probably manatees.
A mermaid-like creature having two tails is a melusine.
- Mermaids: Myth or Fish (http://www.meltmagazine.com/1_2001/index.htm)
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