nereid

See also: Nereid

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈnɪəɹiɪd/
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  • Hyphenation: ne‧reid

Etymology 1

See Nereid.

Noun

nereid (plural nereids or nereides)

  1. (Greek mythology) Alternative letter-case form of Nereid.
  2. (figuratively) A youthful and pretty bather.
    • 2014, John R. Stilgoe, Old Fields: Photography, Glamour, and Fantasy Landscape‎[1]:
      I knew in the back of my mind that the “nereid” wore a bikini intended for photography and that she lived in that bikini all summer.
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Etymology 2

Wikispecies See nereidid.

Noun

nereid (plural nereids)

  1. (zoology) Alternative form of nereidid.
    Synonyms: ragworm, clam worm

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