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Look up: Naiad

  1. Naiad
    The aquatic growing stage of insects with an incomplete metamorphosis.
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  2. 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
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  3. Naiad
    Satellite of the planet Neptune. See TABLE 10. NEPTUNE - SATELLITE DATA
    Found on http://www.delscope.demon.co.uk/astronom

  4. naiad
    In classical mythology, a water nymph. Naiads lived in rivers and streams;nereids in the sea. ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20688

  5. 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 divini...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/N/1

  6. 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. &l...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  7. naiad
    noun (Greek mythology) a nymph of lakes and springs and rivers and fountains
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  8. naiad
    noun submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers; of fresh or brackish water
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  9. 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; ...
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  10. 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 ...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/n/3

  11. 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]
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/n/3

  12. naiad
    immature stage in the development of certain insects. See nymph.
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/n/3

  13. Naiad
    HMS Naiad was a British second-class cruiser of 3400 tons displacement launched in 1890. The name entered the British navy with the capture of the French Naiade in April 1783.
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  14. Naiad
    Naiad, in astronomy, one of the natural satellites, or moons, of Neptune.
    Found on http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/sci/A08347

  15. naiad
    naiad, in zoology: see insect.
    Found on http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/sci/A09165

  16. Naiad
    In Greek mythology, the Naiads were water nymphs.
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  17. naiad
    In classical mythology, a water nymph. Naiads lived in rivers and streams; nereids in the sea
    Found on http://www.talktalk.co.uk/reference/ency

  18. Naiad
    (moon) --> --> `Naiad` ( or ; ), also known as `Neptune&nbsp;III`, is the innermost satellite of Neptune, named after the Naiads of Greek legend.<ref name="Gazetteer">--> Naiad was discovered sometime before mid-September 1989 from the images taken by the Voyager 2 pro...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naiad

  19. Naiad
    (comics) `Naiad` is a fictional water elemental published by DC Comics. She first appeared in Firestorm, the Nuclear Man vol. 2 #90 (October 1989), during the four part Elemental War storyline that ran to issue #93, and was created by John Ostrander and Tom Mandrake. Fictional c...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naiad



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11 February 2012

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On 11th February, 1858, a 14 year old French peasant girl, Bernadette Soubirous claimed to have seen visions of the Virgin Mary at her native Lourdes. She also revealed that the waters of a spring near a grotto in Lourdes had been given healing powers by the Virgin. Eventually, the Roman Catholic church decided that the visions were authentic. Franz Werfel wrote the novel, Song of Bernadette, based on the story of Bernadette's visions. read more

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