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nereids

nereids 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: Nereids

Nereids

  1. (plural) plural of Nereid

Origin of nereids

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Questions about nereids

What is nereids the plural of?
Nereids is the plural of nereid.
What part of speech is nereids?
Nereids is a noun.

Words near nereids in the dictionary

  1. nereides
  2. nereidian
  3. nereidians
  4. nereidid
  5. nereidids
  6. nereids
  7. Nereim
  8. Nereis
  9. nereistoxin
  10. nereistoxins
  11. Nereju

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