Definition
人鱼 has two main referents: a mythical mermaid (though 美人鱼 is more common for that sense) and the dugong, a marine mammal also called the sea cow. In zoological and environmental contexts, 人鱼 almost always means 'dugong'.
n.
mermaida mythical creature with the upper body of a human and the tail of a fishdugonga marine mammal also known as the sea cow
Examples
- 。Tónghuà gùshì li chángcháng chūxiàn rén yú de xíngxiàng.Images of mermaids often appear in fairy tales.
- 。rén yú shì shìjiè shang zuì gǔlǎo de hǎiyáng bǔrǔ dòngwù zhī yī.The dugong is one of the oldest marine mammals in the world.
- 。Kēxuéjiā zài Àodàlìyà hǎi'àn fāxiàn le yì qún rén yú.Scientists discovered a group of dugongs off the coast of Australia.
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