Nereid

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  • noun. One of 50 sea nymphs who were attendants upon Poseidon (Neptune), and were represented as riding on sea horses, sometimes in human form and sometimes with the tail of a fish.
  • noun. A worm of the genus Nereis, having sharp retractable jaws and an annelid body.
  • Word Usage
    "Tam Lin, Introduction: the nereid cried out, ‘Let go my child, dog!’"