1999, Bobbi J. G. Weiss, David Cody Weiss, Age of Aquariums, Archway Paperback, →ISBN, page 133:
He and his merguard surrounded her before she could say a word. "What kind of Conch Queen of Doom are you?" he griped, angrily jabbing at Sabrina with his trident.
2009, Delia Sherman, The Magic Mirror of the Mermaid Queen[1], Viking, →ISBN:
Two muscular merguards twisted my arms behind my back and tangled my legs in seaweed.