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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
- n. Greek Mythology A sea god, son of Oceanus and Gaea and father of the Nereids.
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- n. (Greek mythology) a sea god son of Pontus and Gaea; lived in the depths of the sea with his wife Doris and their daughters the Nereids
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He's hoping that two of his compounds, developed by a biotech company he cofounded called Nereus, will soon be tested in humans.
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Unfortunately the Nereus is a research vessel, not a warship.
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As to other martyrs of he name Nereus, who are especially noted in the old martyrologies as martyrs of the faith in
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[RxPG] A new type of deep-sea robotic vehicle called Nereus has successfully reached the deepest part of the world's ocean, reports a team of U.S. engineers and scientists aboard the research vessel Kilo Moana.
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So it's big news that a robotic sub called Nereus reached the deepest-known part of the ocean to date, according to
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Hybrid remotely operated vehicle 'Nereus' reaches deepest part of the ocean
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An eco-friendly artist, Nereus Patrick Cheo, has recruited an army of street children.
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Mythology: the wife of Nereus and mother of the Nereids, or sea nymphs.
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To Nereus and to Doris of the lovely hair, daughter of Okeanos the completely encircling river, there were born in the barren sea daughters greatly beautiful even among goddesses:
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These were the daughters born to irreproachable Nereus, fifty in all, and the actions they know are beyond reproach, also. lines 240-64 from an account of the daughters of Tethys and Okeanos:
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