Defn: A genus, including numerous species, of marine chætopod annelids, having a well-formed head, with two pairs of eyes, antennæ, four pairs of tentacles, and a protrusile pharynx, armed with a pair of hooked jaws.
NEREITES
Ne"re*ites, n. pl. (Paleon.)
Defn: Fossil tracks of annelids.
NEREOCYSTIS
Ne`re*o*cys"tis, n. Etym: [NL. See Nereid, and Cyst.] (Bot.)
Defn: A genus of gigantic seaweeds.
Note: Nereocystis Lutkeana, of the North Pacific, has a stem many fathoms long, terminating in a great vesicle, which is crowned with a tuft of long leaves. The stem is used by the Alaskans for fishing lines.
NERFLING
Nerf"ling, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: The id.
NERITA
Ne*ri"ta, n. Etym: [L., a sort of sea mussel, gr. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A genus of marine gastropods, mostly natives of warm climates.