Naiad

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  • noun. One of the nymphs who lived in and presided over brooks, springs, and fountains.
  • noun. The aquatic nymph of certain insects, such as a mayfly, damselfly, or dragonfly.
  • noun. Any of various aquatic plants of the genus Najas.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. One of the naiades or pearly fresh-water mussels; a fresh-water mollusk as distinguished from an oceanid or marine mollusk.
  • noun. In Greek and Roman mythology, a water-nymph; a female deity presiding over springs and streams.
  • noun. In botany, a plant of the genus Naias; also, sometimes, any plant of the Naiadaceæ.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A water nymph; one of the lower female divinities, fabled to preside over some body of fresh water, as a lake, river, brook, or fountain.
  • noun. Any species of a tribe (Naiades) of freshwater bivalves, including Unio, Anodonta, and numerous allied genera; a river mussel.
  • noun. One of a group of butterflies. See Nymph.
  • noun. Any plant of the order Naiadaceæ, such as eelgrass, pondweed, etc.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A female deity (nymph) associated with water, especially a spring, stream, or other fresh water.
  • noun. The aquatic larva (nymph) of a dragonfly or damselfly.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. (Greek mythology) a nymph of lakes and springs and rivers and fountains
  • noun. submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers; of fresh or brackish water
    • Word Usage
    "She was a child of the whole world, as the naiad is the child of the river, and the oread of the mountain."
    cross-reference
    dryad  nereid  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    aquatic plant  hydrophyte  hydrophytic plant  water nymph  water plant  
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    Davy  Davy Jones  Neptune  Nereid  Oceanid  
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    naiades  nymph  
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