English Explanatory Dictionary

Melusine

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A figure of European folklore and mythology (mostly Celtic), a female spirit of fresh water in a sacred spring or river, usually depicted as a serpent or fish from the waist down, and sometimes with wings.
noun
  1. A mermaid with a split or double tail.

Word forms

Melusine Melusina melusines

Etymology

From Melusine.

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