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Synonyms for naiad

submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers

(Greek mythology) a nymph of lakes and springs and rivers and fountains

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There is the need, therefore, to boost yield of fish by eradicating the nymphs of dragonfly (naiads) that is commonly responsible for a drastic reduction in the seed of African mud cat-fish.
Their days are filled with enchanted swords, naiads, and unicorns; they see satyrs and ogres where their mortal cousins see only goats and bears.
After hatching, the aquatic larvae, called naiads or nymphs, spend up to five years in wetlands before completely maturing and emerging as adult dragonflies.
Six general essays address such matters as birthing the poet: Elizabeth Singer Rowe and the Athenian Mercury, Akenside's Hymn to the Naiads and the turn from the ode, and fugitive allusions in Boswell in Search of a Wife.
He is enchanted by nymphs and naiads and drifts off to sleep filled with colourful dreams.
The "Diwata" series, a consistent favorite of her collectors, seems to beguile and entrance them like naiads and dryads.
Abstract:- A series of collection surveys conducted during two consecutive years (2011-12) to explore Odonata naiads of Potohar plateau revealed 34 species under 6 families and 21 genera.
Aquatic insects, their naiads and larvae were investigated from Chiliya Bund during 2006-2007.
In Greek mythology, the Sirens (or Seirenes) were sea nymphs, or Naiads, who lived on an island (there are conflicting stories as to which) surrounded by cliffs and treacherous rocks.
Juvenile damselflies, called naiads, usually live underwater, but some Hawaiian naiads live on wet gravel or moss, or even in tiny pools of water at the base of clustered leaves.
His centaurs usually resemble farmers in lederhosen; his naiads, dirndled blonds from the Ratskeller next door; and his unicorns, revelers at a costume party in an Alpine barnyard.
In general, dragonfly naiads of the genus Progomphus are burrowers found primarily in shifting sandbars of both lotic and lentic habitats (Needham & Westfall 1955).
The woods humorously slide aside, et voila!, the dancers are suddenly naiads cavorting in ocean waves.