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Nereid|ˈnɪəriːɪd|
[ad. L. Nērē̆ïd-, Nērē̆ïs, a. Gr. νηρηίς, νηρεΐς, f. νηρεύς the name of an ancient sea-god.]
1. Myth. A daughter of Nereus; a sea-nymph.
1680Oldham Pastoral Earl Rochester 1, Now does that lovely Nereid..The Sea, and all her fellow Nymphs forsake. 1720Pope Iliad xviii. 45 The circling Nereids with their mistress weep. 1776Pennant Brit. Zool. I. 213 These birds were equally favourites with Thetis as with the Nereids. 1819Shelley Prometh. Unb. iii. ii. 44 Behold the Nereids under the green sea. 1869H. F. Tozer Highl. Turkey II. 309 The beauty of the Nereids is proverbial. 1885–94R. Bridges Eros. & Psyche Mar. 27 The Nereids all, who live among the caves.
attrib.1767Fawkes Theocritus vii. 76 Halcyons,..Most lov'd and honour'd by the Nereid train. 1847Gentl. Mag. CXVII. i. 173 This structure..may be styled the Nereid monument.
transf.1781Cowper Retirem. 537 Nereids or Dryads, as the fashion leads, Now in the floods, now panting in the meads. 1876Geo. Eliot Dan. Der. i, The Nereid in sea-green robes and silver ornaments..was Gwendolen Harleth.
2. Zool. An errant annelid of the family Nereidæ, having an elongated body composed of a large number of similar rings, with rudimentary branchiæ; a sea-centipede.
1840Penny Cycl. XVI. 147/1 The Nereids are widely spread, and some of the species are found in most seas. 1845T. R. Jones Nat. Hist. Anim. I. 334 The nereids, as might be expected from their activity and erratic habits, are carnivorous animals. 1876Beneden's Anim. Parasites 24 This annelid is a long worm, like all the nereids.
attrib.1885A. Brassey The Trades 316 A large Nereid worm, about six or seven inches long. |