Usually means: Water nymphs from Greek mythology.
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General (21 matching dictionaries)
  1. naiad: Merriam-Webster
  2. Naiad, naiad: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. naiad: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. naiad: Collins English Dictionary
  5. naiad: Vocabulary.com
  6. Naiad, naiad, naiad: Wordnik
  7. Naiad, naiad: Wiktionary
  8. naiad: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. naiad: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. naiad: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. Naiad, naiad: Dictionary.com
  12. naiad: Online Etymology Dictionary
  13. NAIAD, Naiad (biology), Naiad (comics), Naiad (moon), Naiad: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. Naiad: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  15. naiad: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  16. naiad: Rhymezone
  17. Naiad: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  18. naiad: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  19. naiad: FreeDictionary.org
  20. naiad: Mnemonic Dictionary
  21. naiad: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. An Etymological Dictionary of Classical Mythology (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Naiad: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. NAIAD: Acronym Finder

Science (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. DRAGONFLY TERMS (No longer online)
  2. Glossary of Entomology (No longer online)
  3. NAIAD: Zoom Astronomy Glossary

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. naiad: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Naiad)

noun:  (Greek mythology) A female deity (nymph) associated with water, especially a spring, stream, or other fresh water.
noun:  (entomology) The aquatic larva (nymph) of a dragonfly or damselfly.
noun:  Any of various aquatic plants of the genus Najas.
noun:  (astronomy) A moon of Neptune

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