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Niobids

Niobids is the plural of Niobid.

Meaning of Niobid

Noun

Niobid (plural Niobids)

  1. (Greek) Any of the children of Amphion of Thebes and Niobe, slain by Apollo and Artemis because Niobe, born of the royal house of Phrygia, had boastfully compared the greater number of her own offspring with those of Leto, Apollo's and Artemis' mother.

Questions about Niobids

What is Niobids the plural of?
Niobids is the plural of Niobid.

Words near Niobids in the dictionary

  1. Niobes
  2. niobian
  3. niobic
  4. niobic acid
  5. Niobid
  6. Niobids
  7. niobiferous
  8. niobite
  9. niobites
  10. niobium
  11. niobium pentachloride

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