Nereis /(? [or] ?)/

Ne·re·is

Nereis

prop. n.

pl. Nereides

  1. A Nereid. See Nereid. (Class. Myth.)
  2. A genus, including numerous species, of marine chaetopod annelids, having a well-formed head, with two pairs of eyes, antennae, four pairs of tentacles, and a protrusile pharynx, armed with a pair of hooked jaws. (Zool.)