You can mark you interesting snippets of text that will be available through a unique link in your browser.

nereis

Translation
nereis
nereis [nir′ē is]
n.
pl. nereides [nē rē′ə dēz΄, nirē′ə dēz΄]ModL Nereis < L: see NEREID
any of a genus (Nereis) of relatively large carnivorous marine polychaetes (order Phyllodocida, family Nereididae)

* * *

ne·re·is (nîrʹē-ĭs) n. pl. ne·re·i·des (nə-rēʹĭ-dēz')   [Latin Nērēïs, Nereid. See Nereid.]

* * *


Universalium. 2010.

  
Share  

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Nereis — Eunereis longissima Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia …   Wikipedia

  • Nereis — succinea Systematik Stamm: Annelida Klasse: Polychaeta …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Nereis — Ne re*is (? or ?), prop. n.; pl. {Nereides}. [L.] 1. (Class. Myth.) A Nereid. See {Nereid}. [1913 Webster] 2. (Zo[ o]l.) A genus, including numerous species, of marine ch[ae]topod annelids, having a well formed head, with two pairs of eyes,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Nereis — Néréis Néréis …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Nereis — ? Нереиc Эпитокия форма червя Nereis succinea (Остенде, Бельгия) Научная классификация …   Википедия

  • Nereis — Nērēis, idis f. (тж. rĕ) Нереида, дочь Нерея, морская нимфа Ctl, Tib, O …   Латинско-русский словарь

  • Nereis — Nērēis, Nērēius, s. Nēreus …   Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch

  • Nereis vexillosa — Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Annelida Class: Polychaeta …   Wikipedia

  • Nereis of Epirus — was a daughter of Pyrrhus II. She was married, apparently long after her father s death, to Gelo, son of Hiero II, king of Syracuse, by whom she became the mother of the king Hieronymus of Syracuse. It appears that she outlived her sister… …   Wikipedia

  • Nereis diversicolor — Seeringelwurm Futter suchender Seeringelwurm Systematik Klasse: Vielborster (Polychaeta) …   Deutsch Wikipedia