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Nereid

Other forms: Nereids; Nereides

Definitions of Nereid
  1. noun
    (Greek mythology) any of the 50 sea nymphs who were daughters of the sea god Nereus
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    Thetis
    (Greek mythology) one of the 50 Nereids; mother of Achilles by Peleus
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    sea nymph
    (Greek mythology) a water nymph who was the daughter of Oceanus or Nereus
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