Definitions for Nereid

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Nereid ne·re·id

Spelling: [neer-ee-id]

IPA: /ˈnɪər i ɪd/

Nereid is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 96 anagrams from letters in Nereid (deeinr).

Definitions for Nereid

noun

1. any elongate cylindrical worm of the polychaete family Nereididae, including clamworms.
2. (sometimes lowercase) Classical Mythology. any of the 50 daughters of Nereus; a sea nymph.
3. Astronomy. a moon of the planet Neptune.

adjective

1. of or relating to the family Nereididae.

Origin of Nereid

1830-40; New Latin Nereididae family name; see Nereid, -idae

Examples for Nereid

In the case of the nereid, the goods of the neutral shipper were inviolable.

The nereid seized the babe, and, crying out: “Let go my child, dog!”

But she went on with her following to the nereid's Tomb, and I saw her no more.

At the mention of the commander of the nereid, all three of them gave a start.

It had been nereid's order to the dragon to seek for and devour Andromeda.

See description of the argument of the case of the nereid, supra, 133-34.

"I am not afraid of a nereid," said Marco hastily crossing himself.

Panope was a nereid, one of the numerous daughters of Nereus.

A galley, which bore a nereid at its prow, had just weighed anchor.

That fiend Von Ullrich could never get the nereid up safely.