Definition of Naiades

1. naiad [n] - See also: naiad

Lexicographical Neighbors of Naiades

nagor
nagors
nags
nagware
nagyag-ite
nagyagite
nagyagites
nah
nahal
nahals
nahcolite
nahpoite
nahualism
naiad
naiad family
naiades (current term)
naiads
naiant
naid
naif
naifer
naifest
naifly
naifs
naik
naiks
nail-biter
nail-biting
nail-bitingly

Literary usage of Naiades

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for by American Philosophical Society (1920)
"CORRELATION OF SHAPE AND STATION IN FRESHWATER MUSSELS (naiades). BY AE ORTMANN, PH.D. (Read April 24, 1920.) While studying the Naiad-shells of the upper ..."

2. The English Poets: Selections with Critical Introductions by Various Writers by Thomas Humphry Ward (1917)
"SONG OF THE STYGIAN naiades. Proserpine may pull her flowers, Wet with dew or wet with tears, Red with anger, pale with fears, Is it any fault of ours, ..."

3. Botany by Geological Survey of California, William Henry Brewer, Sereno Watson, Asa Gray (1880)
"Immersed aquatics, with flat linear leaves : ovaries solitary or distinct, 1-ovuled. — naiades. •fr- Perianth none, or membranous and cup-shaped. ..."

4. Journal of the Royal Microscopical Society by Royal Microscopical Society, London (1882)
"... observations of this kind have on the determinations of palaeontologists and the theories of stratigraphical geologists. Vascular System of naiades and ..."

5. The English Poets: Selections with Critical Introductions by Various Writers by Thomas Humphry Ward (1911)
"SONG OF THE STYGIAN naiades. Proserpine may pull her flowers, Wet with dew or wet with ... naiades."

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