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Naiades
Naiad Na"iad, n. [L. naias, -adis, na["i]s, -idis, a water nymph, Gr ?, ?, fr. ? to flow: cf. F. na["i]ade. Cf. Naid.] 1. (Myth.) A water nymph; one of the lower female divinities, fabled to preside over some body of fresh water, as a lake, river, brook, or fountain. 2. (Zo["o]l.) Any species of a tribe (Naiades) of freshwater bivalves, including Unio, Anodonta, and numerous allied genera; a river mussel. 3. (Zo["o]l) One of a group of butterflies. See Nymph. 4. (Bot.) Any plant of the order Naiadace[ae], such as eelgrass, pondweed, etc.

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- In Gr**** mythology, the naiads (/ˈnaɪædz, ˈneɪædz, -ədz/; Ancient Gr****: ναϊάδες, romanized: naïádes), sometimes also hydriads, are a type of female spirit...
- the name Naïade: French frigate Naïade (1692), a light frigate that took part in the Battle of Texel on 21 August 1673. French frigate Naïade (1696), a...
- Naïade was a 20-gun Coquette-class corvette. She took part in the Indian theatre of the Anglo-French War with the squadron under Suffren. The British Royal...
- Ondine, ou La naïade is a ballet in three acts and six scenes with c****ography by Jules Perrot, music by Cesare Pugni, and a libretto inspired by the...
- The French corvette Naïade was launched at Brest in 1793 as a brig-corvette for the French Navy. The Royal Navy captured her in 1805 and took her into...
- Naïade (Q124) was a French Navy Sirène-class submarine commissioned in 1927. She parti****ted in World War II, first on the side of the Allies from 1939...
- Naïade was an unprotected cruiser of the French Navy that was built in the late 1870s and early 1880s. The ship was laid down in 1878 and completed in...
- HMS Naiad (1783), formerly the Naiade, which Sceptre, a 64-gun third-rate, captured off Trincomalee on the night of 11 April 1783. Naïade was armed with eighteen...
- Naiade was one of a dozen Sirena-class submarines, the second sub-class of the 600 Series of coastal submarines built for the Regia Marina (Royal Italian...
- Naïade was the name ship of her class of 20 submarines built for the French Navy at the beginning of the 20th century. She was of the Romazotti type, and...