naid
noun
na·id
\ˈnāə̇d\
Definition of naid
-s
1 obsolete : naiad
2 [New Latin Naid-, Nais genus of annelids from Latin, naiad] : any of numerous small freshwater annelids constituting Nais and related genera of the order Oligochaeta
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Origin and Etymology of naid
Latin naid-, nais, from Greek, from nan to flow + -id-, -is -id
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