"merbaby" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From mer- + baby.",
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    {
      "form": "merbabies",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
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  "pos": "noun",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1997, Elizabeth Lane, The Tycoon and the Townie, Harlequin",
          "text": "She should have stayed in the ocean where she belonged. She could have married some nice young merman and had some cute little merbabies and lived a long, happy life—",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2003, Liz Kessler, The Tail of Emily Windsnap, Scholastic, page 57",
          "text": "There were mermaids with gold chains around slinky long tails, swimming along with little merchildren. One had a merbaby on her back, the tiniest little pink tail sticking out from under its sling.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2009, Penny Kendal, Merbaby, Evans Brothers Limited, page 35",
          "text": "But Anna held the merbaby tight and carried her towards the sea.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A baby mermaid or merman."
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        {
          "word": "merchild"
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          "word": "merkid"
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          "merman",
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  "word": "merbaby"
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  ],
  "etymology_text": "From mer- + baby.",
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      ]
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      "word": "merchild"
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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          "ref": "1997, Elizabeth Lane, The Tycoon and the Townie, Harlequin",
          "text": "She should have stayed in the ocean where she belonged. She could have married some nice young merman and had some cute little merbabies and lived a long, happy life—",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2003, Liz Kessler, The Tail of Emily Windsnap, Scholastic, page 57",
          "text": "There were mermaids with gold chains around slinky long tails, swimming along with little merchildren. One had a merbaby on her back, the tiniest little pink tail sticking out from under its sling.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
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          "text": "But Anna held the merbaby tight and carried her towards the sea.",
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        "A baby mermaid or merman."
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