Defn: Any species of a tribe (Naiades) of freshwater bivalves, including Unio, Anodonta, and numerous allied genera; a river mussel.

3. (Zoöl)

Defn: One of a group of butterflies. See Nymph.

4. (Bot.)

Defn: Any plant of the order Naiadaceæ, such as eelgrass, pondweed, etc.

NAIANT
Na"iant, a.

Defn: (Her.) See Natant. Crabb.

NAID
Na"id, n. Etym: [See Naiad.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: Any one of numerous species of small, fresh-water, chætopod annelids of the tribe Naidina. They belong to the Oligochæta.

NAIF
Na"ïf` (formerly , a. Etym: [F. naïf. See Naïve.]