"merkid" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From mer- + kid.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "merkids",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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      "expansion": "merkid (plural merkids)",
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Fantasy",
          "orig": "en:Fantasy",
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            "Speculative fiction",
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            "Art",
            "Entertainment",
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            "Fundamental"
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        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Merpeople",
          "orig": "en:Merpeople",
          "parents": [
            "Mythological creatures",
            "Fantasy",
            "Mythology",
            "Fiction",
            "Speculative fiction",
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            "Artistic works",
            "Genres",
            "Society",
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            "Entertainment",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
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        }
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2009, \"Q&A with Aimee Friedman\", in Aimee Friedman, Ocean of Secrets, Scholastic Children's Books (2012), unnumbered page",
          "text": "Here's hoping they get married and spend their days swimming in the sun, merkids in tow."
        },
        {
          "ref": "2012, Debbie Dadey, Whale of a Tale, Aladdin, →ISBN, pages 16–17:",
          "text": "Humpback whales were huge. All they had to do to swallow a mermaid was open their gigantic mouths wide. She was the smallest merkid in their class.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2015, Janet Gurtler, Cora's Decision, Stone Arch Books, →ISBN, page 30:",
          "text": "Every merkid in the entire gymnasium seemed to be holding their breaths.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A young merperson."
      ],
      "hyponyms": [
        {
          "word": "merbaby"
        },
        {
          "word": "merteen"
        }
      ],
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          "merperson",
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(fantasy, informal) A young merperson."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "merchild"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "fantasy"
      ]
    }
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  "word": "merkid"
}

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        "2": "mer",
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      },
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  ],
  "etymology_text": "From mer- + kid.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "merkids",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
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      "expansion": "merkid (plural merkids)",
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  ],
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    {
      "word": "merbaby"
    },
    {
      "word": "merteen"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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        "en:Fantasy",
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          "ref": "2009, \"Q&A with Aimee Friedman\", in Aimee Friedman, Ocean of Secrets, Scholastic Children's Books (2012), unnumbered page",
          "text": "Here's hoping they get married and spend their days swimming in the sun, merkids in tow."
        },
        {
          "ref": "2012, Debbie Dadey, Whale of a Tale, Aladdin, →ISBN, pages 16–17:",
          "text": "Humpback whales were huge. All they had to do to swallow a mermaid was open their gigantic mouths wide. She was the smallest merkid in their class.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2015, Janet Gurtler, Cora's Decision, Stone Arch Books, →ISBN, page 30:",
          "text": "Every merkid in the entire gymnasium seemed to be holding their breaths.",
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      ],
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        "A young merperson."
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        "(fantasy, informal) A young merperson."
      ],
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      ],
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  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "merchild"
    }
  ],
  "word": "merkid"
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