nereids

/N IH1 R IY0 IH0 D Z/
noun
  1. 1

    One of 50 sea nymphs who were attendants upon Poseidon (Neptune), and were represented as riding on sea horses, sometimes in human form and sometimes with the tail of a fish.

  2. 2

    A worm of the genus Nereis, having sharp retractable jaws and an annelid body.

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