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PRONUNCIATION OF MERMAID'S PURSE

mermaid's purse play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MERMAID'S PURSE

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pronoun
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conjunction
determiner
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Mermaid's purse is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES MERMAID'S PURSE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Egg case (Chondrichthyes)

An egg case or egg capsule, colloquially known as a mermaid's purse or devil's purse, is a casing that surrounds the fertilized eggs of some sharks, skates, and chimaeras. They are among the common objects which are washed up by the sea. They are made of collagen protein strands. Because they are lightweight, they are often found at the strandline, the farthest point of the high tide. The egg cases that wash up on beaches are usually empty, the young fish having already hatched out. Furthermore, egg cases are often found in commercial fishing gears like nets and pots, and on the sea floor during surveys using an ROV.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MERMAID'S PURSE

merkin
merl
merle
Merleau-Ponty
merlin
merling
merlon
Merlot
mermaid
merman
mermen
meroblastic
meroblastically
merocrine
merogeneses
merogenesis
merogenetic
merogony
meroistic

WORDS THAT END LIKE MERMAID'S PURSE

as a matter of course
change purse
course
curse
cutpurse
golf course
in due course
long purse
matter of course
matter-of-course
nurse
of course
par for the course
privy purse
public purse
purse
Registered General Nurse
sea purse
shepherd´s-purse
unpurse

Synonyms and antonyms of mermaid's purse in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «mermaid's purse» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MERMAID'S PURSE

Find out the translation of mermaid's purse to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
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Translator English - Chinese

美人鱼的钱包
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

el bolso de la sirena
570 millions of speakers

English

mermaid´s purse
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

मत्स्यांगना का पर्स
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

محفظة حورية البحر ل
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

кошелек русалки
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

bolsa da sereia
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

মৎসকন্যা এর পার্স
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

le sac de sirène
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Dompet ikan duyung
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Geldbörse Meerjungfrau
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

人魚の財布
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

인어 의 지갑
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Dompet putri duyung
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

ví nàng tiên cá của
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தேவதை பர்ஸ்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मर्मेड च्या पर्स
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Denizaltı çantası
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

borsa di sirena
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

portmonetka syrenki
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

гаманець русалки
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

pungă sirena lui
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

πορτοφόλι γοργόνας
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

meermin se beursie
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

mermaid handväska
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

havfrue vesken
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of mermaid's purse

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MERMAID'S PURSE»

The term «mermaid's purse» is used very little and occupies the 160.917 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MERMAID'S PURSE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about mermaid's purse

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MERMAID'S PURSE»

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The Mermaid's Purse
When a priceless cameo arouses the greed of a ruthless man, a beautiful young widow, a Scottish sea captain, and a respected journalist enter dangerous waters to protect the treasure--and each other.
Dorothy M. Keddington, 2001
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The Mermaid's Purse
A collection of poems about the creatures of the sea, including the limpet, crab, and conger eel.
Ted Hughes, 2000
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The Mermaid's Purse
The deepest secrets drive the darkest currents.
Katy Gardner, 2004
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Contents of a Mermaid's Purse
Travelling freely among the shattered confines of identity and gender, travel and environment, the dreamlike narrative of this poetry collection unfolds in lyric language, telling of love lost and found, and mythologies that inform the ...
Phoebe Tsang, 2009
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Mermaid's Purse
In their hushed, yet deliberate path, these works constitute a labyrinth, a gentle, ritual encircling of the tidal voice of alchemy; whose secrets are not offered to be revealed but to be reveled in, and then departed from, so that their ...
Laynie Browne, 2005
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Living Languages: An Integrated Approach to Teaching Foreign ...
It is about a boy who found a mermaid's purse on a beach and took it home with him. How to make a mermaid's purse Making a mermaid's purse with your class is good fun and relatively simple. Shopping list A4-sized white paper; scissors; ...
Catherine Watts, Clare Forder, Hilary Phillips, 2012
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The Mermaid's Pendant
John wore a pair of jeans and a t-shirt; Tamarind wore a blue batik dress purchased from the Mermaid's Purse that afternoon and the repaired chain from which the Goddess hung, mysterious and radiant. Julie, the owner of the Mermaid's ...
LeAnn Neal Reilly, 2010
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Night of the Sharks
We know exactly what the volume of this funnel is. If I very accurately measure the amount or seawater in the funnel, I can subtract that amount from the capacity of the funnel. That way, I can determine exactly how large our Mermaid's Purse is.
Kenneth Richard Stark, 2002
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Helen M. Stevens' World of Embroidery
Bottom right in Plate 12, a 'mermaid's purse' is anchored to the waving frond of dulse {Palmaria palmata). Several inches long, the 'purse' remains intact for up to eleven months while the young dogfish develops, and is finally torn open as the ...
Helen Stevens, 2007
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Traditional Witchcraft for the Seashore
Marine egg-cases Also known as a 'mermaid's purse', these are shiny oblong eggcases with four 'horns', often ending is coiled tendrils. Narrower, yellowish ones are the egg case of dogfish; the broader, almost black kind, are those of skate.
Melusine Draco, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MERMAID'S PURSE»

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​More than 75000 shark egg cases get collected from British beaches
A shark egg case, also known as a "mermaid's purse", is a tough leathery pouch that protects the developing embryo. Once hatched, the empty ... «Western Daily Press, Jul 15»
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Argyll walkers and fishers are encouraged to look out for 15 stone fish
Once the tiny fish has hatched, the egg case, also known as a mermaid's purse, often washes ashore on nearby beaches. Jane Dodd, SNH ... «Aberdeen Press and Journal, Jul 15»
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Plymouth business gives back to community through beach clean
At the end of the day the team took part in a search for wildlife and were delighted to find, among many things, a 'mermaid's purse' which is an ... «Plymouth Herald, Jul 15»
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Here's What's Going On Inside A Mermaid's Purse
Reef-dwelling catsharks wrap their fertilised eggs in leathery box-shaped cases commonly called “mermaid's purses”. The tough, collagenous ... «Gizmodo Australia, Jun 15»
5
Victorians, Olde English Fayres and car boots – what's on in North …
FELT A MERMAID'S PURSE: Learn Devon craft workshop, 11 The Quay, Ilfracombe, felt a bag inspired by sea and sky at Damien Hirst's ... «North Devon Gazette, Jun 15»
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Something fishy: Skating on thin ice unless eaten quickly
They are very similar to rays, although they do differ in that skate lay their fertilised eggs in what is known as a mermaid's purse while rays bear ... «Swindon Advertiser, May 15»
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Early summer fish already showing up
I found a mermaid's purse in a clump of grass on my line last week. You see these all the time on the beach. This one was brown, but usually ... «Cape Gazette, May 15»
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Coral reefs: secret cities of the sea
A "mermaid's purse" egg sack on an African Coral Reef. A “mermaid's purse” egg sack on an African Coral Reef. Photograph: Duncan Willetts. «The Guardian, Mar 15»
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Divers help loved-up Ashley Sproston propose to girlfriend at Sea …
But the tactic was just a ruse and unsuspecting Emma, from Carbrooke, was then asked to examine a fake mermaid's purse from which she ... «East Anglian Daily Times, Mar 15»
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Shells tell of innocent age
... are curios like a sawfish blade shield, a nose flute from the Filipino highlands and a mermaid's purse (the egg case of a Port Jackson shark). «Newcastle Herald, Feb 15»

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