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Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

Nereis

· Ne·re·is · IPA
01 prop. n. A Nereid. See Nereid.
pl. Nereides ((#))
  1. 1.
    A Nereid. See Nereid.(Class. Myth.) See: Nereid
  2. 2.
    A genus, including numerous species, of marine chaetopod annelids, having a well-formed head, with two pairs of eyes, antennae, four pairs of tentacles, and a protrusile pharynx, armed with a pair of hooked jaws.(Zool.)