Crossword clues for nereids
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Nereid \Ne"re*id\, n.; pl. E. Nereids, L. Nereides. [L. Nereis, -idis, Gr. Nhrei:`s Nhrhi:`s, Nhrhi:`dos, a daughter of Nereus, a nymph of the sea, fr. Nhrey`s Nereus, an ancient sea god; akin to nhro`s wet, Skr. n[=a]ra water, cf. Gr. na`ein to flow.]
(Class. Myth.) A sea nymph, one of the daughters of Nereus, who were attendants upon Neptune, and were represented as riding on sea horses, sometimes with the human form entire, and sometimes with the tail of a fish.
(Zo["o]l.) Any species of Nereis. The word is sometimes used for similar annelids of other families.
Wiktionary
n. (plural of nereid English)
Usage examples of "nereids".
Only recently had Vestress discovered that the elemental creatures, such as Iskor and the nereids, were beyond the banshee's magic, and the illithid had added the efforts of these extraplanar allies to the coming conquest, sending them to the island to quietly decimate Ruathym's fighting forces.
The Tireos people persist in thinking that our nereids are intelligent because they so closely resemble Earth’s dolphins, but not one marine biologist here agrees.
They refuse to release them until we beam up a pair of sea creatures called nereids, which they claim are intelligent.
But these people are saying that these nereids have as much right to be saved as the children, that the universe will lose all the members of this allegedly intelligent species if we don’t take them aboard.
The nereids swam to the top of the tank, took in air, then dived under the water as the people watched.
The nereids swam to the top again and poked their heads out of the water before submerging themselves once more.
Her empathic abilities were not infallible, but Troi could discern no emotions in the nereids, none of the feelings that would require a complex mind to manifest themselves, not even any personality.
She could not say that the lives of Epictetan children outweighed those of the nereids in this case.
She also could not tell him that, if Data’s tests were successful, all of the nereids in this world’s oceans might have a chance to survive, whether they were intelligent or not.
You may only condemn both the children in Boreas and your nereids to death, and then the children who are carried to safety would live to curse your name.
They won’t mind seeing our whole world die if it means concealing the truth about the nereids forever.
Professor Landon’s revelation about the true nature of the nereids had apparently come to him in this very meeting room.
The tales say nereids charm men to drown them, but no one has turned up missing this day.
It was not beyond the realm of possibility that the witch had perceived their approach and sent both the nereids and the boat to bring them to Rashemen's shores.
The Nereids back away, arraying themselves as if formally, three meters away from me on all sides.