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One of the satellites of the planet Neptune.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences
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noun
Alternative letter-case form of Nereid.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Greek, alt-of
Topics: human-sciences, mysticism, mythology, philosophy, sciences
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noun
A youthful and pretty bather.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively
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noun
Alternative form of nereidid.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative
Topics: biology, natural-sciences, zoology
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Synonyms: ragworm, clam worm
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noun
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Greek
Topics: human-sciences, mysticism, mythology, philosophy, sciences
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Synonyms: ocean-nymph, sea-nymph
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noun
(Greek mythology) any of the 50 sea nymphs who were daughters of the sea god Nereus
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: sea nymph
Narrower terms: Thetis
History
From the stem of Latin Nērēis, from Ancient Greek Νηρηΐς (Nērēḯs), from Νηρεύς (Nēreús, “Nereus”) + -ις (-is), literally “sprung of Nereus”. By surface analysis, Nereus + -id.
See Nereid.
See nereidid.
Across languages
22 source translations are retained for this English entry.
