NEREIS

n.

2 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

A Nereid. See Nereid.

2.
n.

A genus, including numerous species, of marine chætopod annelids, having a well-formed head, with two pairs of eyes, antennæ, four pairs of tentacles, and a protrusile pharynx, armed with a pair of hooked jaws.


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