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• nereid
  nereid

  noun

  any elongate cylindrical worm of the polychaete family Nereididae, including clamworms.
• Nereid
  Nereid

  noun

  any of the 50 daughters of Nereus; a sea nymph.

nereid

¹ American  

[neer-ee-id] / ˈnɪər i ɪd /

noun

1. any elongate cylindrical worm of the polychaete family Nereididae, including clamworms.

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adjective

1. of or relating to the family Nereididae.

Nereid ² American  

[neer-ee-id] / ˈnɪər i ɪd /

noun

1. (sometimes lowercase) any of the 50 daughters of Nereus; a sea nymph.

2. Astronomy. a moon of the planet Neptune.

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Nereid ¹ British  

/ ˈnɪərɪɪd /

noun

1. Greek myth any of the 50 sea nymphs who were the daughters of the sea god Nereus

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Nereid ² British  

/ ˈnɪərɪɪd /

noun

1. a satellite of the planet Neptune, in a large and highly eccentric orbit

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Etymology

Origin of nereid¹

1830–40; < New Latin Nereididae family name; see Nereid, -idae

Origin of Nereid²

< Latin Nērēid- (stem of Nērēis ) < Greek, stem of Nērēís. See Nereus, -id ¹

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Example Sentences

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She looks like a nereid, guarding the sea behind her, ready to kick away underwater when it rushes in.

From The New Yorker ● May 19, 2017

After she had bestowed her veil, the nereid dove like a gull to windward where a dark waveside closed over her whiteness.

From "The Odyssey" by Homer

The nereid reached out and pulled Mal onto the back of the hippocamp.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell

But Ino saw him—Ino, Kadmos’ daughter, slim-legged, lovely, once an earthling girl, now in the seas a nereid, Leukothea.

From "The Odyssey" by Homer

A nereid called after her in Nerish, something high and strangely pleading, but she did not turn.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell

Ting is a scientific advisor to Third Rock Ventures and Nereid Therapeutics.

From Science Daily ● Dec. 4, 2024

A fresco bearing an image of a Nereid nymph riding a seahorse and gladiators in combat had been unearthed previously.

From The Guardian ● Dec. 26, 2020

“She can do anything,” Talamo said of Nereid.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 17, 2011

Nereid, trained by John Shirreffs and ridden by Joe Talamo, paid $5.40 to win in the $250,000 race.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 17, 2011

“Do not judge the Lord of the Sea too harshly,” the Nereid told me.

From "The Lightning Thief" by Rick Riordan

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