naiad
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plural nai·ads, nai·a·des [ney-uh-deez, nahy-]. /ˈneɪ əˌdiz, ˈnaɪ-/.
- : Classical Mythology. any of a class of nymphs presiding over rivers and springs.
- : the juvenile form of the dragonfly, damselfly, or mayfly.
- : a female swimmer, especially an expert one.
- : Botany. a plant of the genus Najas, having narrow leaves and solitary flowers.
- : Entomology. an aquatic nymph.
- : a freshwater mussel.
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First, a naiad is a water nymph in Greek myth—a woman who looked over the waterways.
If you look in the dictionary today, it says “naiad: any skillful female wimmer.”
As for the Hebe and the Naiad, they had vanished in the northern board, and as yet there were no signs of their return.
One day, while looking into a quiet stream, he thought he saw a lovely naiad in the water gazing up at him.
Like some of our own pellucid waters, it is a Naiad of the purest kind, sleeping on coral and crystal couches.
On seeing her, Saldaa thought of a naiad of the North, rising from an emerald river, in which cakes of ice were floating.
What was my surprise, and I almost say my joy, when I saw that the white figure was my naiad?