NEREID

Nereid

(noun) (Greek mythology) any of the 50 sea nymphs who were daughters of the sea god Nereus

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

nereid (plural nereids or nereides)

(Greek mythology) One of 50 sea nymphs who were attendants upon Poseidon (Neptune), and were represented as riding on sea horses, sometimes in human form and sometimes with the tail of a fish.

(zoology) A worm of the genus Nereis, having sharp retractable jaws and an annelid body.

Synonyms

• (worm): ragworm, clam worm

Anagrams

• Edirne, denier, diener, reined

Etymology

From nereid, a sea-nymph of Greek mythology and attendants of the god Neptune.

Proper noun

Nereid

(astronomy) One of the satellites of the planet Neptune

Anagrams

• Edirne, denier, diener, reined

Source: Wiktionary

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Ne"re*id, n.; pl. E. Nereids, L. Nereides. Etym: [L. Nereis, -idis, gr. nara water, cf. Gr.

1. (Class. Myth.)

Definition: A sea nymph, one of the daughters of Nereus, who were attendants upon Neptune, and were represented as riding on sea horses, sometimes with the human form entire, and sometimes with the tail of a fish.

2. (Zoöl.)

Definition: Any species of Nereis. The word is sometimes used for similar annelids of other families.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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