half-fish
Partly finned creature
Half-fish describes a creature that is part fish and part something else—typically human.
Mermaids and mermen are the classic half-fish beings of mythology, human above the waist and fish below.
The term applies to any hybrid creature sharing fish anatomy: The statue depicted a half-fish, half-serpent monster.
Wailing alert device
- tritonNewt or marine gastropod
- mermanHalf-human sea creature
- undineFemale water spirit
- selkieShapeshifting seal of legend
Lorelei · Ariel · Aquaman · Thetis · Calypso · Nereid · naiad · seafoam
Greek sea deity
- NeptuneEighth planet or sea deity
- AtlantisMythical sunken island
- SednaDistant minor planet
- VishnuHindu deity of preservation
Triton · Leviathan · Capricorn · Pisces · water spirit · ancient · sacred · worship
Unrealistic fantasy or hybrid
- mutationPermanent DNA alteration
- crossbreedMixed-lineage organism
- spliceJoin end to end
- transgenicHaving inserted foreign genes
bioengineered · genetic · anomaly · amphibious · interspecies · grafted · recombinant · synthetic
Magical influence over someone
- seductionEnticing someone romantically
- siren songDangerous, irresistible appeal
- loreTraditional knowledge transmitted orally
- legendUnverified traditional tale
fable · tale · maritime · sailor · shipwreck · drowning · curse · blessing
Six-headed mythical beast
- CharybdisMythological sea vortex
- KrakenProper noun from myth
- sea serpentLegendary aquatic monster
- CthulhuFictional tentacled cosmic deity
Nessie · sea monster · Leviathan · hippocampus · Capricorn · serpentine · monstrous · deep-sea
siren
Wailing alert device
selkie · Lorelei · Ariel · Aquaman · Thetis · Calypso · Nereid · naiad · seafoam · tail
Poseidon
Greek sea deity
Vishnu · Triton · Leviathan · Capricorn · Pisces · water spirit · ancient · sacred · worship · temple
chimera
Unrealistic fantasy or hybrid
- mutationPermanent DNA alteration
- crossbreedMixed-lineage organism
- spliceJoin end to end
transgenic · bioengineered · genetic · anomaly · amphibious · interspecies · grafted · recombinant · synthetic · transformation
enchantment
Magical influence over someone
- seductionEnticing someone romantically
- siren songDangerous, irresistible appeal
- loreTraditional knowledge transmitted orally
legend · fable · tale · maritime · sailor · shipwreck · drowning · curse · blessing · wish
Scylla
Six-headed mythical beast
- CharybdisMythological sea vortex
- KrakenProper noun from myth
- sea serpentLegendary aquatic monster
Cthulhu · Nessie · sea monster · Leviathan · hippocampus · Capricorn · serpentine · monstrous · deep-sea · abyssal
- sea mythologykraken, merfolk, merpeople, sea serpents, sea monsters
- sirenssirens, siren song, siren call, Lorelei, enchantresses
half-fishpurebred
Of single breed ancestry
full-blooded · unmixed · pure-blooded · whole · thoroughbred
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