naiad
- n submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers; of fresh or brackish water
- n (Greek mythology) a nymph of lakes and springs and rivers and fountains
- RECREATION The fine-limbed young woman rising from the foam on PTI'S cover is neither a naiad nor the creation of a fashion editor's imaginative whim.
- Miles portrays Lady Caroline like a seasick naiad.
- When Teresina (Kirsten Ralov) is turned into a naiad, she kneels in a pink gown, then suddenly stands up dressed in green seaweed.