nereid
see also: Nereid
Pronunciation
Nereid
Proper noun
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see also: Nereid
Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈnɪəɹiɪd/
nereid (plural nereids)
- (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.
- (worm) ragworm, clam worm
Nereid
Proper noun
- (astronomy) One of the satellites of the planet Neptune
- Russian: Нереи́да
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