Associations to the word «Nereid»

Wiktionary

NEREID, noun. (Greek mythology) 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.
NEREID, noun. (zoology) A worm of the genus Nereis, having sharp retractable jaws and an annelid body.
NEREID, proper noun. (astronomy) One of the satellites of the planet Neptune

Dictionary definition

NEREID, noun. (Greek mythology) any of the 50 sea nymphs who were daughters of the sea god Nereus.

Wise words

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Aldous Huxley