English Explanatory Dictionary

nereid

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Alternative letter-case form of Nereid.
  2. A youthful and pretty bather.
noun
  1. Alternative form of nereidid.
noun
  1. Any one of the fifty sea-nymphs who were daughters of the sea-god Nereus and attendants upon Poseidon (Neptune), and were represented as riding on sea horses, sometimes in human form and sometimes with the tail of a fish.
name
  1. One of the satellites of the planet Neptune.

Pronunciation

/ˈnɪəɹiɪd/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Naomi Persephone Amethyst (NaomiAmethyst)-Nereid.wav

Word forms

nereid nereids nereides Nereide Nereïde

Etymology

See Nereid.

Synonyms

ragworm clam worm

Derived words

Nereidian
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