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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

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

“What was that nereid trying to say to you?”

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell

“We need to go. It may return. Ready?” said the nereid.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell

He thought of what the nereid had said; of the way that Gelifen breathed in her scent; of how the waybetween had opened exactly when she needed it.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell

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

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell

That research suggests Nereid may be the only moon from that original system to have survived intact.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 14, 2026

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

INGLEWOOD, Calif. — Trainer John Shirreffs’ Nereid and Jeff Bonde’s Cambina finished in a dead-heat tie for victory in the Grade 1, $250,000 American Oaks on Saturday at Hollywood Park.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 17, 2011

Nereid and Cambina finished in a dead heat in the Grade I American Oaks for 3-year-old fillies on turf at Hollywood Park in Inglewood, Calif. They covered 1 ¼ miles in 2:01.46.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 17, 2011

“The Nereid said Chiron’s brothers were there, and they’d want to hear about that aquarium in Atlanta. I don’t know what she meant, but...”

From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan