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Definition of mermaid's glove in English:

mermaid's glove

noun

(also mermaid's gloves)

  • 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’.