"merbrother" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From mer- + brother.",
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      "form": "merbrothers",
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        "plural"
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  "pos": "noun",
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          "name": "Fantasy",
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          "name": "Merpeople",
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            "Mythological creatures",
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            "Mythology",
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        {
          "ref": "2009, Macgregor Card, “The Merman’s Gift”, in Duties of an English Foreign Secretary, Fence Books, →ISBN, page 63:",
          "text": "there’d be a time to say my brother is survived by our merbrother",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2012, Robin Pritchard, A History of Mermaids, →ISBN, page 198:",
          "text": "The merbrothers were suddenly impatient to leave.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2012, Diana Cooper, Tara and Her Talking Kitten Meet a Mermaid, Findhorn Press, →ISBN, pages 47–48:",
          "text": "Then she saw that Petronella’s merbrothers Jolly, Julian, Joseph, John, Jerry, Jimmy, and Jupiter were pushing the boat towards the river bank to the place where it sloped gently.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2015, Fabion Harris, chapter 4, in Pure: A Mermaid Story, Lulu, →ISBN, page 13:",
          "text": "Adam would rather see him spend more time among his merbrothers and women.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2017, Peter Raymundo, Third Grade Mermaid, Scholastic Press, →ISBN:",
          "text": "Little merbrothers can be so ANNOYING!",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
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        "A brother who is a merman."
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(fantasy) A brother who is a merman."
      ],
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        "fantasy"
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  "etymology_text": "From mer- + brother.",
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          "ref": "2009, Macgregor Card, “The Merman’s Gift”, in Duties of an English Foreign Secretary, Fence Books, →ISBN, page 63:",
          "text": "there’d be a time to say my brother is survived by our merbrother",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2012, Robin Pritchard, A History of Mermaids, →ISBN, page 198:",
          "text": "The merbrothers were suddenly impatient to leave.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2012, Diana Cooper, Tara and Her Talking Kitten Meet a Mermaid, Findhorn Press, →ISBN, pages 47–48:",
          "text": "Then she saw that Petronella’s merbrothers Jolly, Julian, Joseph, John, Jerry, Jimmy, and Jupiter were pushing the boat towards the river bank to the place where it sloped gently.",
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        },
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          "text": "Adam would rather see him spend more time among his merbrothers and women.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2017, Peter Raymundo, Third Grade Mermaid, Scholastic Press, →ISBN:",
          "text": "Little merbrothers can be so ANNOYING!",
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        }
      ],
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        "A brother who is a merman."
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        "(fantasy) A brother who is a merman."
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