"mercreature" meaning in English

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        "2": "mer",
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      "expansion": "mer- + creature",
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  ],
  "etymology_text": "From mer- + creature.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "mercreatures",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "mercreature (plural mercreatures)",
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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          "source": "w"
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2007, Amanda Hemingway, The Poisoned Crown:",
          "text": "But there was one among them who looked different, a mercreature with arms that glowed like pearl and a purple tail, flying higher than the others, almost as if she would lake wing.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A creature of the sea, especially one which is mythical."
      ],
      "id": "en-mercreature-en-noun-VCmvkwz4",
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        [
          "creature",
          "creature"
        ],
        [
          "sea",
          "sea"
        ],
        [
          "mythical",
          "mythical"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "mer-creature"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "mercreature"
}

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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "mer",
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      },
      "expansion": "mer- + creature",
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From mer- + creature.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "mercreatures",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "expansion": "mercreature (plural mercreatures)",
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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        {
          "ref": "2007, Amanda Hemingway, The Poisoned Crown:",
          "text": "But there was one among them who looked different, a mercreature with arms that glowed like pearl and a purple tail, flying higher than the others, almost as if she would lake wing.",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A creature of the sea, especially one which is mythical."
      ],
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        [
          "creature",
          "creature"
        ],
        [
          "sea",
          "sea"
        ],
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          "mythical",
          "mythical"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "mer-creature"
    }
  ],
  "word": "mercreature"
}