NEREID


Meaning of NEREID in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈnir-ē-əd ]

noun

Etymology: New Latin Nereidae, from Nereis, a genus, from Latin, Nereid

Date: 1840

: any of a family (Nereidae) of chiefly marine polychaete worms ; especially : any of a genus ( Nereis ) of usually large often greenish worms

• nereid adjective

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.