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NAIAD
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Irregular inflected form: naiades
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(Greek mythology) a nymph of lakes and springs and rivers and fountains
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("naiad" is a kind of...):
water nymph ((Greek mythology) any nymph of the water)
Domain category:
Greek mythology (the mythology of the ancient Greeks)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers; of fresh or brackish water
Synonyms:
naiad; water nymph
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("naiad" is a kind of...):
aquatic plant; hydrophyte; hydrophytic plant; water plant (a plant that grows partly or wholly in water whether rooted in the mud, as a lotus, or floating without anchorage, as the water hyacinth)
Holonyms ("naiad" is a member of...):
genus Naias; genus Najas; Naias; Najas (sole genus of the family Naiadaceae)