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1866 Round Table 7 Apr. 209/3 Do the merbabies their teeth cut on coral?

1894 J. Geddie Fringes of Fife 150 The radiant young rogue,..fearless as a Mer-Baby, grins at us..from his rocking craft.

1905 F. H. Burnett Little Princess v. 63 The little white Mer-babies swimming about.

2017 Countryman Sept. 77/2 A seductive mermaid..enticed from her watery habitat by the divine singing... One person leaves, another arrives—such as someone with a merbaby.