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NEREID
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Irregular inflected form: nereides
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(Greek mythology) any of the 50 sea nymphs who were daughters of the sea god Nereus
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Nereid" is a kind of...):
sea nymph ((Greek mythology) a water nymph who was the daughter of Oceanus or Nereus)
Domain category:
Greek mythology (the mythology of the ancient Greeks)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Nereid"):
Thetis ((Greek mythology) one of the 50 Nereids; mother of Achilles by Peleus)