"merhorse" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From mer- + horse.",
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      "form": "merhorses",
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          "ref": "1988, DeWitt Wallace, Lila Bell Acheson Wallace, The Reader's digest:",
          "text": "[…] super-otter, merhorse (a kind of sea horse), marine saurian and father-of-all-the-turtles.",
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          "ref": "1998, Nigel Suckling, Bob Eggleton, The book of sea monsters:",
          "text": "But there seems enough evidence to suggest that the merhorse may possibly be a distinct and genuine species. The creature is described as […] but there was no reappearance. A local expert was of the opinion that it was a 'real sea-horse'.",
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        "A seahorse."
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        "(rare) A seahorse."
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        "A mythical sea monster with a horse-like head, mane, and large eyes."
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