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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.

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  1. n. 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.
  2. n. Any word/species">species of word/nereis">Nereis. The word is sometimes used for similar annelids of other families.
  3. n. (Greek mythology) any of the 50 sea nymphs who were daughters of the sea god Nereus
  4. 1. (Class. Myth.) A sea nymph, one of the class="def-link" href="https://vividlex.com/word/daughters">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. 2. (Zoöl.) Any species of Nereis. The word is sometimes used for similar annelids of other families.
  5. A sea nymph, one of the daughters of Nereus, who wereattendants upon Neptune, and were represented as riding on seahorses, sometimes with the human form entire, and sometimes with thetail of a fish.
  6. n. (Greek mythology) any of the 50 sea nymphs who were daughters of the sea god Nereus