Merlion

Quick meaning: Merlion is a noun meaning A fictional creature of similar make-up.

Meaning

A fictional creature of similar make-up.

More Meanings

1. (heraldry) A depiction of a bird similar to a house martin or swallow with stylized feet; a martlet.
2. (Singapore) Often Merlion: a symbolic creature having the head of a lion and the body of a fish, which is a national symbol of Singapore; an image, statue, or other depiction of this creature.
3. (rare) Alternative form of merlin (“a small falcon, Falco columbarius”).

Example Sentences

There were night penguins that emitted green light only when hunting in dark seas, and merlions whose manes were fringed with pallid lavender.

And in the fourteenth century / Because of Nila Utama's river mouth encounter with a merlion / The Lion City surged into being / And its people could travel the wide world

Like Changi Airport or the Merlion, Singlish is something that is quintessentially Singaporean. It is a dialect that everyone speaks and understands and is something that could provide the cornerstone for a unifying cultural identity.

Yeah, well, he went into a tourist shop, not the one with postcards and plastic Merlions. That one ah, the one in here for the towkays and businessmen for conference centres. They sell gold-plated Merlions, Eiffel Towers and Empire State Buildings, you know.

Word Forms

• merlions

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include mermaid, merbeast, mer-creature, merman, merhorse, sealion.

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