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Definition of Nereides

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.

Meaning of Nereides from wikipedia

- In Gr**** mythology, the Nereids or Nereides (/ˈnɪəriɪdz/ NEER-ee-idz; Ancient Gr****: Νηρηΐδες, romanized: Nērēḯdes; sg. Νηρηΐς, Nērēḯs, also Νημερτές)...
- Look up Nereid, nereid, nereids, or spio in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A Nereid is a sea nymph in Gr**** mythology. Nereid or Nereids may also refer...
- Nereid, or Neptune II, is the third-largest moon of Neptune. It has the most eccentric orbit of all known moons in the Solar System. It was the second...
- of authority. He was also shown in scenes depicting the flight of the Nereides as Peleus wrestled their sister Thetis. In Aelian's natural history, written...
- Triton and Nereid may refer to: Art Triton and Nereid (Sussmann-****born), also known as Meeresidylle, painting by Louis Sussmann-****born (missing since...
- tree nymphs), the Alseids (grove nymphs), the Naiads (spring nymphs), the Nereids (sea nymphs), the Oceanids (ocean nymphs), the Oreads (mountain nymphs)...
- In Gr**** mythology, Psamathe (Ancient Gr****: Ψαμάθη) is a Nereid, one of the fifty daughters of the sea god Nereus and the Oceanid Doris. By Aeacus, the...
- Nereid Monument (Tomb of Arbinas) The Nereid Monument is a sculptured tomb from Xanthos in Lycia (then part of the Achaemenid Persian Empire), close to...
- a century p****ed before the discovery of the second natural satellite, Nereid, in 1949, and another 40 years p****ed before Proteus, Neptune's second-largest...
- meaning gift. Doris was a sea goddess, wife of Nereus and mother of the Nereids in Gr**** mythology. As a feminine name, Doris was most po****r in the Anglosphere...