Dryad vs. Naiad

Dryadnoun

(Greek mythology) In Greek myth, a female tree spirit.

Dryadnoun

A wood nymph; a nymph whose life was bound up with that of her tree.

Dryadnoun

a deity or nymph of the woods

Dryadnoun

(in folklore and Greek mythology) a nymph inhabiting a tree or wood.

Dryadnoun

a dark brown Eurasian butterfly with two prominent bluish eyespots on each forewing.

Dryad

A dryad (; Greek: Δρυάδες, sing.: Δρυάς) is a tree nymph or tree spirit in Greek mythology. Drys signifies in Greek, and dryads are specifically the nymphs of oak trees, but the term has come to be used for tree nymphs in general, or human-tree hybrids in fantasy.

Naiadnoun

(Greek mythology) A female deity (nymph) associated with water, especially a spring, stream, or other fresh water.

Naiadnoun

(entomology) The aquatic larva (nymph) of a dragonfly or damselfly.

Naiadnoun

Any of various aquatic plants of the genus Najas.

Naiadnoun

A water nymph; one of the lower female divinities, fabled to preside over some body of fresh water, as a lake, river, brook, or fountain.

Naiadnoun

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

Naiadnoun

One of a group of butterflies. See Nymph.

Naiadnoun

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

Naiadnoun

submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers; of fresh or brackish water

Naiadnoun

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

Naiadnoun

(in classical mythology) a water nymph said to inhabit a river, spring, or waterfall.

Naiadnoun

the aquatic larva or nymph of a dragonfly, mayfly, or stonefly.

Naiadnoun

a submerged aquatic plant with narrow leaves and minute flowers.

Naiad

In Greek mythology, the naiads (; Greek: Ναϊάδες, translit. naïádes) are a type of female spirit, or nymph, presiding over fountains, wells, springs, streams, brooks and other bodies of fresh water.