ephydriad /ɛˈfɪdɹɪad/ noun1 •(rare) A dryad, a water nymph.'Tis there the Ephydriads haunt;—there, where a gap / Betwixt a heap of tree-tops, hollow and dun, / Shews where the waters run, / And whence the fountain's tongue begins to lap. — 1832 formsephydriads