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Original entry ↗noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryA female deity (nymph) associated with water, especially a spring, stream, or other fresh water. · The aquatic larva (nymph) of a dragonfly or damselfly. · Any of various aquatic plants of the genus Najas.
From Latin Nāïas, from Ancient Greek Νᾱϊάς (Nāïás, “naiad”), from νάω (náō, “to flow”).
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