naiad|naiades|naiads in English

noun

[nai·ad || 'neɪəd /'naɪæd]

water nymph (Greek Mythology); dragonfly larva (Zoology); expert female swimmer; plant that grows under the water (Botany)

Use "naiad|naiades|naiads" in a sentence

1. Antonyms for Blastulae include larvae, grubs, maggots, nymphs, bugs, naiades and creepy-crawlies

2. Antonyms for Blastulas include larvas, grub, maggots, nymphs, bugs, naiads and creepy-crawlies

3. The Beech Naiad let out a last cry of desolation, and fell to the floor.

4. Pan, seated on his grassy bank, leading the naiads and the dryads where he will.

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

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

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

8. Etymologically speaking, a fairy is something quite particular, related in kind to the naiads, or water nymphs, and while of the genus, we are sui generis.

9. 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

10. 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

11. 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

12. 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

13. Consider, for example, the Disembarkation at Marseilles, where everyone has eyes only for the voluptuous Naiads, to the disadvantage of the queen who is being received with open arms by France" This painting allegorically depicts the first meeting of Marie and Henry, which took place after their nuptials by proxy.

14. 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!

15. 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!