NEREIDS
Noun
nereids
plural of nereid
Anagrams
• Seidner, deniers, dernies, dieners, resined, sirened
Source: Wiktionary
NEREID
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