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oreades

oreades is the plural of oread.

Meaning of oread

Noun

oread (plural oreads or oreades)

  1. (Greek) A mountain nymph; an anthropomorphic appearance of the spirit of a mountain.
    • Under the various appellations of Oreades, Dryades, Naiades, Limniades, Nereides, they dwelt in mountains, trees, springs, lakes, the sea, where, in caverns and grottos, they passed a life whose occupations resembled those of females of human race.1828, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, volume II, London: William Harrison Ainsworth

Questions about oreades

What is oreades the plural of?
Oreades is the plural of oread.

Words near oreades in the dictionary

  1. Ore's theorem
  2. ore-bulk-oil carrier
  3. ore-bulk-oil carriers
  4. Ore.
  5. oread
  6. oreades
  7. oreads
  8. oreal
  9. oreasterid
  10. oreasterids
  11. oreasteroside

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