different between merteen vs merchild

English

Etymology

mer- +? teen

Noun

merteen (plural merteens)

1. A teenage merperson.
   • 2000, Virginia Vitzthum, "Annie Sprinkle swims forward", Salon, 8 February 2000:

     In the “how to make a porn video” within the video, Sprinkle plays an older mermaid who sexually initiates a “merteen” played by Sirena.

   • 2005, Rachel Roberts, The Heart of Avalon, CDS Books (2005), ?ISBN, page 120:

     Realization filled the merteen's eyes with sadness.

   • 2012, Maria Denardo, "Rockefeller's Center", The Daily Dan, 27 July 2012:

     I paddle board, boogie board, and I use a monofin when I swim. You put your two feet in a fin and workout in the water. It’s a great way for merfolk—mermen, merteens, whoever—to connect with the water.

Hypernyms

• merchild
• merkid

English

Etymology

From mer- +? child.

Noun

merchild (plural merchildren)

1. The young of either sex of a legendary creature, human from the waist up, fishlike from the waist down.
   • 1904, Thomas Bird Mosher, The Bibelot, p. 160:

     The fish-tailed merchild carved in crumbling stone
     Wreathed with loose straggling roses, reigns alone...

   • 2003, Liz Kessler, The Tail of Emily Windsnap, Scholastic, ?ISBN, page 57:

     There were mermaids with gold chains around slinky long tails, swimming along with little merchildren.

   • 2003, Debbie Viguié, Midnight Pearls, Simon Pulse (2003), ?ISBN, page 80:

     He shuddered as he thought about all the stories he had heard as a young merchild.

Synonyms

• merkid

Hyponyms

• merbaby
• merteen