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nereid
nereid is a 6-letter English word with 3 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 7 in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
6 letters · Scrabble 7 · Words With Friends 8 · 3 senses
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- 1noun
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.
- 2noun
Any species of Nereis. The word is sometimes used for similar annelids of other families.
- 3noun
(Greek mythology) any of the 50 sea nymphs who were daughters of the sea god Nereus
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