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单词 naid
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naidn.adj.

Brit. /ˈneɪɪd/, U.S. /ˈneɪɪd/
Forms: 1600s–1800s naïd, 1700s– naid.
Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from Latin. Or (ii) a borrowing from Greek. Etymons: Latin Nāid-; Greek Ναϊδ-, Ναϊάς.
Etymology: < classical Latin Nāid-, Nāis or its etymon ancient Greek Ναϊδ-, Ναΐς, variant of Ναϊάς naiad n.In senses A. 3 and B. after scientific Latin †Naides, use as family name of plural of Nais (see naïs n.); compare French Naïdes (Cuvier, 1830). On plural forms see note at naïs n.
A. n.
1. Classical Mythology. = naiad n. 1. Cf. naïs n. 1. Now rare.
ΘΚΠ
the world > the supernatural > deity > classical deity > [noun] > nymph > water-nymph(s)
naiada1393
Nereida1393
water nympha1393
fairy of the sea1542
Neread1555
sea-nymph1565
naïs1581
naid1617
limnad1818
ephydriad1832
Oceanid1849
hydriad1864
1617 W. Drummond Forth Feasting sig. A3v O Naïds deare (saide they) Napæas faire,..Nymphes which on Hills repaire.
1717 E. Fenton Poems 147 To this dear Solitude the Naïds bring Their fruitful Urns, to form a silver Spring.
1798 W. S. Landor Gebir vi. 57 Loved by neptune and the Naid.
a1858 T. H. Chivers Count Julian ii. ii, in Unpublished Plays (1980) 25 Drawn by two silver Swans together yoked, Like some fair Naid in her native stream!
1998 Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 27 Mar. 10 A sculpture depicting the Greek mythological figures Hylas and the Naids is dusted down.
2. Zoology. A freshwater mussel. Cf. naiad n. 2. Obsolete. rare.
ΘΚΠ
the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > class Pelecypoda or Conchifera > [noun] > section Asiphonida > family Unionidae > member of
musseleOE
palour1589
pearl mussel1607
hena1613
horse-mussel1626
clam1672
clamp1672
pearl shell1781
glam1797
naiad1829
naid1854
unionid1861
zebra mussel1866
hackleback1899
maple leaf1908
monkey-face1936
1854 S. P. Woodward Man. Mollusca ii. 273 Like other fresh-water shells, the naïds are often extensively eroded by the carbonic acid dissolved in the water they inhabit.
3. Zoology. = naidid n. Cf. naïs n. 2.
ΘΚΠ
the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > division Vermes > [noun] > member of (worm)
grubc1420
lumbricc1440
helminth1852
naid1886
naidid1931
1886 Amer. Naturalist 20 1064 He describes the anatomy of Lumbriculus variegatus..and has notes upon the Naids.
1906 Amer. Naturalist 40 685 The most satisfactory method was that of transferring the Naid from the culture by means of a pipette.
1971 Jrnl. Animal Ecol. 40 638 To compare the numbers of D. tigrina which had fed on naids with the abundance of naids in the field, counts were made of the naids.
B. adj.
Zoology. = naidid adj.
ΚΠ
1872 Amer. Naturalist 6 245 Mr. Gulliver exhibited and described a worm..of the Naid family which abounds on pools near Canterbury.
1953 H. Mellanby Animal Life in Fresh Water (ed. 5) vi. 53 There are four other genera of Naid worms which are less common. They are Nadium, Vejdovskyella, Slavina each with one species, and Ripistes with two species.
1971 Jrnl. Animal Ecol. 40 638 Over 90% of the naid setae recognized in the guts of D. tigrina were from Stylaria lacustris (Linn.).
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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