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Word: nereid (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


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Noun:

  • Greek mythology One of 50 sea nymphs who were attendants upon Neptune, and were represented as riding on sea horses, sometimes in human form and sometimes with the tail of a fish.
  • zoology A worm of the genus ''Nereid'', having sharp retractable jaws and an annelid body.

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