Word: nereids
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: ne
reids
Definition: Plural of nereid; any of the 50 sea nymphs who were daughters of the sea god Nereus
Morphemes:
Affix: nereid
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: One of 50 sea nymphs who were attendants upon Poseidon (Neptune), and were represented as riding on sea horses, sometimes in human form and sometimes with the tail of a fish.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: Nērēis
Language: la
Decoded: Nereis
Meaning: sea-nymph
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form regular plurals of nouns.