"melusine" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: melusines [plural]
Etymology: From Melusine. Head templates: {{en-noun}} melusine (plural melusines)
  1. (fantasy) A mermaid with a split or double tail. Categories (topical): Fantasy
    Sense id: en-melusine-en-noun-SQXsmE75 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Topics: fantasy

Inflected forms

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      ]
    }
  ],
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          "source": "w"
        },
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        },
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        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Fantasy",
          "orig": "en:Fantasy",
          "parents": [
            "Fiction",
            "Speculative fiction",
            "Artistic works",
            "Genres",
            "Art",
            "Entertainment",
            "Culture",
            "Society",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A mermaid with a split or double tail."
      ],
      "id": "en-melusine-en-noun-SQXsmE75",
      "links": [
        [
          "fantasy",
          "fantasy"
        ],
        [
          "mermaid",
          "mermaid"
        ],
        [
          "split",
          "split"
        ],
        [
          "double",
          "double"
        ],
        [
          "tail",
          "tail"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(fantasy) A mermaid with a split or double tail."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "fantasy"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "melusine"
}
{
  "etymology_text": "From Melusine.",
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    {
      "form": "melusines",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {},
      "expansion": "melusine (plural melusines)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
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        "English lemmas",
        "English nouns",
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      "glosses": [
        "A mermaid with a split or double tail."
      ],
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          "fantasy"
        ],
        [
          "mermaid",
          "mermaid"
        ],
        [
          "split",
          "split"
        ],
        [
          "double",
          "double"
        ],
        [
          "tail",
          "tail"
        ]
      ],
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        "(fantasy) A mermaid with a split or double tail."
      ],
      "topics": [
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      ]
    }
  ],
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}

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