mermouse

See also: mer-mouse

English

Alternative forms

• mer-mouse

Etymology

From mer- +‎ mouse.

Noun

mermouse (plural mermice)

1. (fantasy) A mermaid mouse; a sea mouse.
   • 1934 May 12, George Herriman, Krazy Kat, Saturday, comic strip, →ISBN, page 134:

     [A smirking Officer Pupp to a swimming Ignatz Mouse:] Well, well. A little "mermouse", how cute.

   • 1949, William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, animated cartoon "The Cat and the Mermouse":

     Tom and Jerry in: The Cat and the Mermouse.