"merfather" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From mer- + father.",
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          "name": "Fantasy",
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          "word": "mermother"
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          "ref": "1882, E. L. P, Elfie Under the Sea and Other Stories, Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co., page 21",
          "text": "\"I shall never see my merfather or my mermother any more, or the mermaids, or the fish-king, or the merry dolphins, or-r-r-r \" —\n\"Never mind!\" cried Elfie, crying too, and she put her arms around the sad little mermaid's neck.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2004, Vicki Blum, The Mermaid Secret, Scholastic, page 63",
          "text": "\"Danya, you think if you believe in your merfather and Ayralon, it's like rejecting your parents. Especially your stepfather. Is that true?\"",
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        },
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          "ref": "2006 March 3, Roger Ebert, “'Aquamarine'”, in Orange County Register",
          "text": "Two eighth-graders (Emma Roberts and JoJo) befriend a mermaid (Sara Paxton) who has three days to prove to her merfather that love exists.",
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        "A father merman."
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        "(fantasy) A father merman."
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          "text": "\"I shall never see my merfather or my mermother any more, or the mermaids, or the fish-king, or the merry dolphins, or-r-r-r \" —\n\"Never mind!\" cried Elfie, crying too, and she put her arms around the sad little mermaid's neck.",
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        "(fantasy) A father merman."
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