merwitch

English

Etymology

From mer- +‎ witch.

Noun

merwitch (plural merwitches)

1. (fantasy) A mermaid witch.
   • 2013, Jessica Eppley, The Book of Siavon: Vol. 2: The Tail of Murias, Booktango:

     […] You see, we have been hunting the merwitch's slimy giant eel for many years now and always fall short of destroying it. […]

   • 2013, Missy Fleming, Into the Deep, Fire and Ice, →ISBN, page 59:

     "Sharks are unique, temperamental, always have been. Now they're under the control of Calandra, a particularly nasty merwitch whose goal is to rule the oceans."

   • 2014, Mary Man-Kong, Magical Mermaid Adventure, Random House Children's Books, →ISBN:

     The merwitch slowly opened her eyes.