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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.

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- Nereide may refer to: Italian submarine Nereide Nereide (horse) Nereide (HBC vessel), operated by the HBC from 1833 to 1840, see Hudson's Bay Company...
- Nereide (1933 – 22 April 1943 ) was an undefeated Thoroughbred racemare that won the 1936 German Derby (in track record time) and the 1936 German Oaks...
- name Nereide, after the Nereid (sea nymph): HMS Nereide (1797), a 36-gun fifth-rate Sibylle-class frigate, formerly the French frigate Néréide, captured...
- Nereide was the name of at least two ships of the Italian Navy and may refer to: Italian submarine Nereide (1913), a Nautilus-class submarine launched...
- borne the name Néréide, after the Nereid (sea nymphs): Néréide (1690), a galley Néréide (1696), a 20-gun frigate French frigate Néréide (1724), a 42-gun...
- HMS Nereide was one of 20 Acorn-class (later H-class) destroyers built for the Royal Navy. The destroyer served in the First World War. The Acorn class...
- Néréide was a Sibylle-class, 32-gun, copper-hulled frigate of the French Navy. On 22 December 1797 HMS Phoebe captured her and she was taken into British...
- The French submarine Néréide was the second and last Gustave Zédé-class submarine built for the French Navy during the 1910s. List of submarines of France...
- Otter, an insecure Englishman with an Irish title; Captain Corbett of the Néréide, whose re****tion for excessive flogging has left his ship severely undermanned;...
- HMS Nereide was a modified Black Swan-class sloop of the Royal Navy. She was laid down by Chatham Dockyard, Kent on 15 February 1943, launched on 29 January...