nereˈidean Zool. rare.
[f. mod.L. Nereideæ (Savigny), f. L. Nēreid-, Nereid: see -ean.]
A nereid or similar marine annelid.
| 1835 Kirby Hab. & Inst. Anim. I. xii. 333 His first Order he denominates Nereideans. Ibid. II. xvii. 128 The approach which many of the Nereideans of Savigny make to the Myriapod Condylopes. 1842 Brande Dict. Sci., etc. |