nereid
Meaning
Noun
- 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.
- A worm of the genus Nereis, having sharp retractable jaws and an annelid body.
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Origin
- From the stem of Latin Nērēis, from Ancient Greek Νηρηΐς, from Νηρεύς.
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