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a mythical goddess represented as a young girl and said to live outdoors<in Greek mythology, naiads supposedly drowned the young men with whom they became enamored>— see nymph 1
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a young wingless often wormlike form (as a grub or caterpillar) that hatches from the egg of many insects<in science class we learned how to distinguish a dragonfly naiad from an earthworm>— see larva
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