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nereides

nereides is the plural of nereid.

Meaning of nereid

Noun

nereid (plural nereids or nereides)

  1. (figuratively) A youthful and pretty bather.
    • I knew in the back of my mind that the “nereid” wore a bikini intended for photography and that she lived in that bikini all summer.2014, John R. Stilgoe, Old Fields: Photography, Glamour, and Fantasy Landscape

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Noun capitalized: Nereides

Nereides

  1. (plural) plural of Nereid

Origin of nereides

Borrowed from Latin Nereides.

Questions about nereides

What is nereides the plural of?
Nereides is the plural of nereid.
What part of speech is nereides?
Nereides is a noun.

Words near nereides in the dictionary

  1. nerdvana
  2. nerdwear
  3. nerdy
  4. nereid
  5. Nereidean
  6. nereides
  7. nereidian
  8. nereidians
  9. nereidid
  10. nereidids
  11. nereids

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