naiads

variants or naiades
plural of naiad
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as in nymphs
a mythical goddess represented as a young girl and said to live outdoors in Greek mythology, naiads supposedly drowned the young men with whom they became enamored

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as in larvae
a young wingless often wormlike form (as a grub or caterpillar) that hatches from the egg of many insects students in science class learning how to distinguish a dragonfly naiad from an earthworm

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Noun
  • There were four dead German cockroach nymphs on a glue trap in the cabinet under the handwash sink.
    Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 22 Aug. 2025
  • Dragonfly nymphs have a lower section of their mandibles that kind of unhinges, shoots forward, grabs stuff, and comes back in again, so very much like the Alien!
    Richard Edwards, Space.com, 12 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • In Voodoo lore, Marie Laveau was heavily associated with mermaids.
    Time, Time, 8 Sep. 2025
  • That season’s Pirates of the High Seas & Renaissance Fest is a local favorite, with sword fights, fire performers, and mermaids drawing families and fantasy lovers to the shore.
    Carrie Honaker, Travel + Leisure, 15 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • In the final novel of the series, The Last Battle, the destruction of trees and dryads in Lantern Waste, a place tied to the creation of Narnia itself, is one of many portentous omens signalling the end of the world.
    Ellen Walker, JSTOR Daily, 3 Sep. 2025
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“Naiads.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/naiads. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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