mermaids hair (mermadzhar)

A blackish-green filamentous species of seaweed, Lyngbya majuscula. See Lyngbya. IMG:content-0504.png:[blocks in formation] mermaid-weed (mėr'mād-wed), n. A plant of the genus Proserpinaca , which consists of two marsh-herbs of North America and the West Indies, having comb-toothed leaves and inc on- spicuous flowers. mermaladet, n . An obsolete form of marm a- lade . merman (mer'man), n.; pl. mermen (-men). [Early mod. E. also *mereman, me are man; mereman (= D. meerman = G. meermann ); mere1 + man . Cf. mermin and mermaid .] 1. A fabulous man of the sea, with the lower part of the body that of a fish. A thing turmoyling in the sea we spide, Like to a me are man . John Taylor , Works, ii. 22. ( Nares .) 2. In her ., same as triton . mermian (mér'mi-an), n. [ Mermis + -an .] A land-hairworm of the family Mermiidæ or Mer mithidæ . In their early stages these worms are parasitic in the visceral cavities of insects, and the young are able to move over the ground or even on trees during heavy dews or in wet weather.