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Revision as of 15:37, 27 August 2002 by Tarquin (talk | contribs)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)A mermaid is a folkloric animal with a female human head and torso and a fish's tail (if it's male, it's called a merman) which inhabits the water. Some sailors claim to have seen mermaids; what they actually saw are probably sirenians.
See Folklore