naiad in English

noun
1
(in classical mythology) a water nymph said to inhabit a river, spring, or waterfall.
One day he inadvertently bathed in the spring of the naiad he had spurned.
2
the aquatic larva or nymph of a dragonfly, mayfly, or stonefly.
Superfluous killing has been reported for a diverse group of animals, including zooplankton, stoats and weasels, damselfly naiads , wolves, predaceous mites, and spiders.
3
a submerged aquatic plant with narrow leaves and minute flowers.
The common kinds include the large family of pondweeds, coontail, water milfoil, water weeds, and naiads (Najas).
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1. The Beech Naiad let out a last cry of desolation, and fell to the floor.

2. Neptune's innermost four moons—Naiad, Thalassa, Despina and Galatea—orbit close enough to be within Neptune's rings.

3. Take the quiz if you suspect that one of your friendships is actually a naiad dyad.

4. Naiad is irregularly shaped and probably has not been modified by any internal geological processes since its formation.

5. Arethusa was a naiad (a water nymph) who frolicked in the vicinity of Olympia and who was desired and pursued by the river-god Alpheios

6. Endymion had by a Naiad nymph or, as some say, by Iphianassa, a son Aetolus, who slew Apis, son of Phoroneus, and fled to the Curetian country

7. Aetolus 2 , who is son of Endymion , either by a Naiad 1 , or by Iphianassa 2 , or by Asterodia 2 , or by Chromia, or by Hyperippe 2 , married Pronoe 2 and had two sons: Pleuron

8. Aetolus (Ancient Greek: Αἰτωλός) was, in Greek mythology, a son of Endymion, grandson of Deucalion, and a Naiad nymph, or Iphianassa.12 According to Pausanias, his mother was called Asterodia, Chromia or Hyperippe.3 He was married to Pronoe, by whom he had two sons, Pleuron and Calydon

9. Berenice! -I call upon her name - Berenice! - and from the gray ruins of memory a thousand tumultuous recollections are startled at the sound! Ah, vividly is her image before me now, as in the early days of her light-heartedness and joy! Oh, gorgeous yet fantastic beauty! Oh, sylph amid the shrubberies of Arnheim! Oh, Naiad among its fountains!

10. Berenice!—I call upon her name—Berenice!—and from the gray ruins of memory a thousand tumultuous recollections are startled at the sound! Ah, vividly is her image before me now, as in the early days of her light-heartedness and joy! Oh, gorgeous yet fantastic beauty! Oh, sylph amid the shrubberies of Arnheim! Oh, Naiad among its fountains!