Definitions for Nereids

Nereids ne·re·id

Spelling: [neer-ee-id]
IPA: /ˈnɪər i ɪd/

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

You can make 199 anagrams from letters in Nereids (deeinrs).

Definitions for Nereids

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 Nereids

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

Examples for Nereids

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Word Value for Nereids
Scrable

7

Words with friends

8

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