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NEREID

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

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:

Nouns denoting people

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)

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