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Heteronereis Heteronereis Het`e*ro*ne*re"is, n. [NL. See Hetero-, and
Nereis.] (Zo["o]l.)
A free-swimming, dimorphic, sexual form of certain species of
Nereis.
Note: In this state the head and its appendages are changed
in form, the eyes become very large; more or less of
the parapodia are highly modified by the development of
finlike lobes, and branchial lamell[ae], and their
set[ae] become longer and bladelike.
Nereid Nereid Ne"re*id, n.; pl. E. Nereids, L. Nereides. [L.
Nereis, -idis, gr. Nhrei:`s Nhrhi:`s, i:`dos, a daughter of
Nereus, a nymph of the sea, fr. Nhrey`s Nereus, an ancient
sea god; akin to nhro`s wet, Skr. n[=a]ra water, cf. Gr.
na`ein to flow.]
1. (Class. Myth.) A sea nymph, one of the daughters of
Nereus, who were attendants upon Neptune, and were
represented as riding on sea horses, sometimes with the
human form entire, and sometimes with the tail of a fish.
2. (Zo["o]l.) Any species of Nereis. The word is sometimes
used for similar annelids of other families.
Nereides Nereis Ne"re*is (? or ?), n.; pl. Nereides. [L.]
1. (Class. Myth.) A Nereid. See Nereid.
2. (Zo["o]l.) A genus, including numerous species, of marine
ch[ae]topod annelids, having a well-formed head, with two
pairs of eyes, antenn[ae], four pairs of tentacles, and a
protrusile pharynx, armed with a pair of hooked jaws.
Nereides Nereid Ne"re*id, n.; pl. E. Nereids, L. Nereides. [L.
Nereis, -idis, gr. Nhrei:`s Nhrhi:`s, i:`dos, a daughter of
Nereus, a nymph of the sea, fr. Nhrey`s Nereus, an ancient
sea god; akin to nhro`s wet, Skr. n[=a]ra water, cf. Gr.
na`ein to flow.]
1. (Class. Myth.) A sea nymph, one of the daughters of
Nereus, who were attendants upon Neptune, and were
represented as riding on sea horses, sometimes with the
human form entire, and sometimes with the tail of a fish.
2. (Zo["o]l.) Any species of Nereis. The word is sometimes
used for similar annelids of other families.
Nereidian Nereidian Ne`re*id"i*an, n. (Zo["o]l.)
Any annelid resembling Nereis, or of the family Lycorid[ae]
or allied families.
Nereids Nereid Ne"re*id, n.; pl. E. Nereids, L. Nereides. [L.
Nereis, -idis, gr. Nhrei:`s Nhrhi:`s, i:`dos, a daughter of
Nereus, a nymph of the sea, fr. Nhrey`s Nereus, an ancient
sea god; akin to nhro`s wet, Skr. n[=a]ra water, cf. Gr.
na`ein to flow.]
1. (Class. Myth.) A sea nymph, one of the daughters of
Nereus, who were attendants upon Neptune, and were
represented as riding on sea horses, sometimes with the
human form entire, and sometimes with the tail of a fish.
2. (Zo["o]l.) Any species of Nereis. The word is sometimes
used for similar annelids of other families.
Nereis Nereis Ne"re*is (? or ?), n.; pl. Nereides. [L.]
1. (Class. Myth.) A Nereid. See Nereid.
2. (Zo["o]l.) A genus, including numerous species, of marine
ch[ae]topod annelids, having a well-formed head, with two
pairs of eyes, antenn[ae], four pairs of tentacles, and a
protrusile pharynx, armed with a pair of hooked jaws.
Nereites Nereites Ne"re*ites, n. pl. (Paleon.)
Fossil tracks of annelids.
