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English
Etymology
From mer- + mouse.
Noun
mermouse (plural mermice)
- (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.