Animals that were once mistaken for mermaids Crossword Clue

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% MANATEES Animals that were once mistaken for mermaids (8) USA Today Mar 29, 2024
3% ERR Be mistaken (3) Premier Sunday Sep 14, 2025
3% ARIEL Animated film mermaid (5)
3% MANATEE Animal traditionally mistaken for a mermaid. (7)
2% RAVEN Bird often mistaken for a crow (5) The Atlantic Oct 6, 2025
2% ARICH "If I Were __ Man" (5) Newsday Oct 5, 2025
2% ERIC Little Mermaid prince (4) Newsday Oct 3, 2025
2% NEE Once named (3) LA Times Daily Oct 3, 2025
2% DONKEY Party animal? (6) LA Times Daily Oct 1, 2025
2% SEA Mermaid's milieu (3) Wall Street Journal Sep 30, 2025

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