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noun
na·is | \ˈnāə̇s\

Definition of nais 

1 plural naises\-sə̇z\ or naides\ˈnāəˌdēz\ : a river nymph : naiad

2 capitalized [ New Latin, from Latin, naiad ] : a large genus of small aquatic oligochaete worms that is the type of the family Naididae

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