English Dictionary

nereid

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈnɪəɹiɪd/

名詞

ギリシャ語

(Greek mythology) One of 50 sea nymphs who were attendants upon Poseidon (Neptune), and were represented as riding on sea horses, sometimes in human form and sometimes with the tail of a fish.

日本語の意味

ギリシャ神話における海のニンフ。ポセイドン（ネプチューン）の従者として、海馬に乗ったり、人間の姿や魚の尾を持った形で表される存在。

The old mariner swore he had once seen a nereid combing her hair on a moonlit rock.

年老いた船乗りはかつて、月明かりに照らされた岩の上で髪を梳く海のニンフを見たと誓った。

意味（1）

(Greek mythology) One of 50 sea nymphs who were attendants upon Poseidon (Neptune), and were represented as riding on sea horses, sometimes in human form and sometimes with the tail of a fish.

意味（2）

(zoology) A worm of the genus Nereis, having sharp retractable jaws and an annelid body.

nereids （ plural ）

nereides （ plural ）