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6 letters · 7 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun (Greek mythology) any of the 50 sea nymphs who were daughters of the sea god Nereus
originFrom the stem of Latin Nērēis, from Ancient Greek Νηρηΐς (Nērēḯs), from Νηρεύς (Nēreús, “Nereus”) + -ις (-is), literally “sprung of Nereus”. By surface analysis, Nereus + -id.
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