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Nereid (iou)



Nereid noun & adjective. Also (in sense A.2 now usu.) nereid. LME.
[Latin Nereid-, Nereis from Greek Nereid-, Nereis, from Nereus a sea-god: see -ID3.]
A. noun. Pl. -s, -es [-i:z].
Classical Mythology. A sea-nymph, any of the daughters of the sea-god Nereus. LME.
Zoology. A carnivorous errant polychaete worm of the marine family Nereidae, having a long body composed of many similar segments, and freq. pelagic during part of the life cycle; a ragworm. L18.
b. adjective. Zoology. Of, pertaining to, or designating the family Nereidae (see sense A.2 above). L19.