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n. Greek Mythology One of the nymphs who lived in and presided over brooks, springs, and fountains.

n. The satellite of Neptune that is closest to the planet.

n. The aquatic nymph of certain insects, such as the mayfly, damselfly, or dragonfly.

n. An aquatic plant of the genus Naias.

n. A female deity (nymph) associated with water, especially a spring, stream, or other fresh water.

n. The aquatic larva (nymph) of a dragonfly or damselfly.

n. A water nymph; one of the lower female divinities, fabled to preside over some body of fresh water, as a lake, river, brook, or fountain.

n. Any species of a tribe (Naiades) of freshwater bivalves, including Unio, Anodonta, and numerous allied genera; a river mussel.

n. One of a group of butterflies. See Nymph.

n. Any plant of the order Naiadaceæ, such as eelgrass, pondweed, etc.

n. In Greek and Roman mythology, a water-nymph; a female deity presiding over springs and streams.

n. In botany, a plant of the genus Naias; also, sometimes, any plant of the Naiadaceæ.

n. One of the naiades or pearly fresh-water mussels; a fresh-water mollusk as distinguished from an oceanid or marine mollusk.

n. (Greek mythology) a nymph of lakes and springs and rivers and fountains

n. submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers; of fresh or brackish water

"She was a child of the whole world, as the naiad is the child of the river, and the oread of the mountain."

water nymph    water plant    aquatic plant    hydrophyte    hydrophytic plant   

nereid    dryad   

naiades    nymph   

instar    larva    nymph   

dracolich    ampersand    oomph    sea-nymph    wood nymph    alizee    thou'rt    leather-faced    kiosque    sense-object