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Definition of Nereids
1. nereid [n] - See also: nereid
Lexicographical Neighbors of Nereids
Literary usage of Nereids
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by Charles Anderson Dana (1875)
"is one of the best known forms. The class and ordinal characters are given under
ANNELIDA. In the true nereids the tentacles are of even number; ..."
2. The New American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana (1861)
"The class and ordinal characters are given under ANNELIDA. In the true nereids
the tentacles are of even number; there is a single pair of maxilla. ..."
3. A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities by Arthur Hamilton Smith, British Museum Dept. of Greek and Roman Antiquities (1900)
"a seated figure; a second figure standing with a patera. THE FOURTH FRIEZE.
THE nereids. The Nereid Monument derives its name from the series of figures ..."
4. A History of Ancient Sculpture by Lucy Myers Wright Mitchell, Wright Mitchell (1883)
"But what may be the purport of this leaping, lively throng of nereids about the
... to celebrate these victories.799 The nereids were, in ancient belief, ..."
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