"merfolks" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1990, Robert F. Marx, The History of Underwater Exploration, page 3:",
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          "text": "[…] merfolks were ready to strike and Laguans willing to die to protect their home, yet if only they knew that today she meant no harm.",
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