NEREID

[ne.re.id] n [NL Nereidae, fr. Nereis, a genus, fr. L, Nereid] (1840): any of a family (Nereidae) of polychaete worms; esp: any of a genus (Nereis) of usu. large often dimorphic and greenish mostly marine worms -- nereid adj Ne.re.id n [L Nereid-, Nereis, fr. Gk Nereid-, Nereis, fr. Nereus Nereus] (1680): any of the sea nymphs fathered by Nereus