"mercow" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From mer- + cow, modelled after sea-cow.",
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          "ref": "2002, Will Shetterly, Dogland",
          "text": "Ma ruffled my crew cut. \"If you'd been the lookout, you'd've told them these were sea cows, not mermaids, right?\" \"Right,\" I said. \"Mercows,\" said Mr. Drake behind us. \"Moo. Glub glub glub. Moo.\"",
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          "ref": "2012, QI: quite interesting facts about mythical creatures - Telegraph",
          "text": "Mercow. The description of pretty mermaids frolicking in the water is so widespread that it was thought there must be a real creature lurking behind the legends."
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        "Any of several marine mammals of the order Sirenia, including the manatee and dugong; sea-cow."
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