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hydriad

hydriad noun: a water nymph.

Noun

hydriad (plural hydriads)

  1. A water nymph.

Forms of hydriad

pluralhydriads

Origin of hydriad

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ὑδριάς (νύμφη) (hudriás (númphē), “(nymph) of the water”).

Questions about hydriad

What does hydriad mean?
Hydriad means a water nymph.
What part of speech is hydriad?
Hydriad is a noun.
What is the plural of hydriad?
The plural of hydriad is hydriads.

Words near hydriad in the dictionary

  1. hydremic
  2. hydrencephalocele
  3. hydrencephaloceles
  4. hydrencephaloid
  5. hydria
  6. hydriad
  7. hydriads
  8. hydriae
  9. hydriai
  10. Hydrian
  11. hydrias

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