Mermaids found on the beach of hawiii????

"A mermaid is a legendary creature with a female human head and torso (if it's male, it's called a merman) and the tail of a fish, which inhabits the water. Some sailors claim to have seen mermaids; what they actually saw are probably manatees. A freshwater mermaid-like creature having two tails is a melusine, or a Nixie."

                           MERMAIDS

An imaginary creature described in stories, with the upper body of a woman and the tail of a fish.Etymology: Middle English mermayde, from mere sea (from Old English) + mayde maid - (the mermaid is) a fabled marine creature with the head and upper body of a woman and the tail of a fish.A fabled marine creature, typically represented as having the upper part like that of a woman, and the lower like a fish; a sea nymph, sea woman, or woman fish. Chaucer uses this word as equivalent to the siren of the ancients. Mermaid fish, a European spatangoid sea urchin (Echinocardium cordatum) having some resemblance to a skull. Mermaid weed, an aquatic herb with dentate or pectinate leaves (Proserpinaca palustris and P. Pectinacea).A fabled marine creature with the head and upper body of a human being and the tail of a fish. Similar divine or semidivine beings appear in ancient mythologies (e.g., the Chaldean sea god Ea, or Oannes). In European folklore, mermaids (sometimes called sirens) and mermen were natural beings who, like fairies, had magical and prophetic powers.In folklore, sea-dwelling creature commonly represented as having the head and body of a woman and a fishtail instead of legs. Belief in mermaids, and in their counterpart, mermen, has existed since earliest times. They are often described as having great beauty and charm, which they use to lure sailors to their deaths. In some legends they assumed human shape and married mortals. The origin of the mermaid is thought by some to be the dugong.In folklore, the mermaid is a sea-dwelling creature commonly represented as having the head and body of a woman and the tail of a fish instead of legs. The masculine of the species is known as a merman. Mermaids are often described as having great beauty and charm with magical and prophetic powers, which they use to lure sailors to their deaths. The origin of their myth is commonly thought to derive from sightings of a dugong or manatee.
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