Nereid (nereid)

[L. Nereïs ( Nereïd- ) = Gr. Νηρείς ( Νηρεϊδ- ), a sea-nymph, daughter of Nereus, Her gentlewomen, like the Nereides , So many mermaids, tended her. Shak., A. and C., ii. 2. 211. 2. [l. c.] In zoöl., a sea-centiped; an errant marine worm of the family Nereid a; in a wider sense, a marine annelid: applicable to nearly all of the polychæto us worms.-31. [l.c.] Some ocean organism that shines by night. See the quotation under noctilucous. Pennant. Nereidæ (ne-re'i-dē), n. pl. [NL., Nereides (nē-rē'i-dēz), n. pl. [NL., pl. of Nerei A family of worms, e entially the same as Ne reid a. nereid i an (ne-re-id'i-an), a. and n. [ II. n. A nereid, or sea-worm of the family Nereid a . nereidous reidous (nē're-id-us), a. Same as nereid i an. Darwin, Voyage of Beagle, II. 259. Nereis (nē're-is), n. [NL., used with great latitude for nearly all of the nereids or errant marine annelids. N. pelagic a is a well-known sea-worm of both coasts of the Atlantic. N. virens is a large New England species from 18 to 20 inches long, known as the chain worm. 2. In entom., a genus of lepidopterous insects. Hübner, 1806.-3. In bot., a systematic account of the alge or seaweeds of a locality or country: as, the Nereis Boreali-American a, ali-American a, by Harvey. nereite (nē're-it), n. [ Bait-worm posed to be one of them; a member of a genus [NL.: see nereite.] Nereites of Paleozoic age. Nereites (ne-rē-ītēz), n. 1. A generic name of nereites. A few of these fo ils may truly be of a vegetable nature, whilst as to others (such as Nereites ) no certain conclusion can be arrived at. H. A. Nicholson , Man. of Palæontology, xiii. 2. A genus of mollusks. Emmons, 1842. Nereocystis (nē re-o-sis'tis), n. [NL., mously dividing fronds. N. Lütkeana, the only species, is found on the northwestern coast of America and the opposite shores of Asia, where by its tangled stems it fre Nereocystis quently forms floating islands upon which the sea-otters rest. It is there called bladder - kelp. See kelp2.