Look up: Naiad

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   Naiad
   The aquatic growing stage of insects with an incomplete metamorphosis.
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   naiad
   [n] - submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers 2. [n] - (Greek mythology) a nymph of lakes and springs and rivers and fountains
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   Naiad
   Satellite of the planet Neptune. See TABLE 10. NEPTUNE - SATELLITE DATA
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   naiad
   In classical mythology, a water nymph. Naiads lived in rivers and streams;nereids in the sea. ...
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   Naiad
   Na'iad noun [ Latin naias , - adis , naïs , -idis , a water nymph, Gr ..., ..., from ... to flow: confer French naïade . Confer Naid .] 1. (Myth.) 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. 2. (Zoology) Any species of a tribe ( N ...
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   naiad
   1. 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. ... 2. <zoology> Any species of a tribe (Naiades) of freshwater bivalves, including Unio, Anodonta, and numerous allied genera; a river mussel. ... 3. <zoology> One of a group of butterflies. See Nym ...
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   naiad
   noun (Greek mythology) a nymph of lakes and springs and rivers and fountains
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   naiad
   noun submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers; of fresh or brackish water
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   Naiad
   In Greek mythology, the `Naiads` were a type of nymph who presided over fountains, wells, springs, streams, and brooks, as river gods embodied rivers, and some very ancient spirits inhabited the still waters of marshes, ponds and lagoon-lakes, such as pre-Mycenaean Lerna in the Argolid. Naiads were associated with fresh water, as the Oceanids were with saltwater and the Nereids specifically with the Mediterranean; but because the Greeks thought o...
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    Naiad
    • (n.) Any plant of the order Naiadaceae, such as eelgrass, pondweed, etc. • (n.) One of a group of butterflies. See Nymph. • (n.) Any species of a tribe (Naiades) of freshwater bivalves, including Unio, Anodonta, and numerous allied genera; a river mussel. • (n.) A water nymph; one of the lower female divinities, fabled to pres...
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    Naiad
    (from the article `Neptune`) ...from the Neptunian system, thrown into Neptune itself, or absorbed by the molten Triton. Even those moons orbiting closer to Neptune would not ...
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    Naiad
    (from Greek naiein, `to flow`), in Greek mythology, one of the nymphs of flowing water—springs, rivers, fountains, lakes. The Naiads, appropriately ... [1 related articles]
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    naiad
    immature stage in the development of certain insects. See nymph.
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    Naiad
    Naiad from Voyager 2. The elongation is due to smearing of the image The innermost moon of Neptune. Naiad was discovered by the Voyager Imaging Team in September 1989. It is named after the Naiads (nymphs) of Greek legend and is also known as Neptune III. Naiad is small object of irregular shape,...
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    Naiad
    Naiad, in astronomy, one of the natural satellites, or moons, of Neptune.
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    naiad
    naiad, in zoology: see insect.
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