mermaid's glove
(also mermaid's gloves)
noun
1The sponge Halichondria palmata.
2Dead man's fingers (or hand), Alcyonium digitatum.
Origin
Late 18th century; earliest use found in John Sinclair (1754–1835), agricultural improver, politician, and codifier of ‘useful knowledge’.
- adipose
- adipose eyelid
- adipose fin
- adipose membrane
- adipose tissue
- adiposis
- adiposis dolorosa
- adiposity
- adipous
- adipsia
- Adirondack boat
- Adirondack chair
- Adirondacker
- Adirondack guide boat
- Adirondack Mountains
- Adirondack Park
- Adirondack shelter
- Adis Abeba
- adit
- adither
- aditus
- Adivasi
- Adj.
- adjacence
- adjacency