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Nec"to*stem (?), n. [Gr. &?; swimming +
E. stem.] (Zoöl.) That portion of the axis
which bears the nectocalyces in the Siphonophora.

Ned"der (?), n. [See Adder.]
(Zoöl.) An adder. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
Chaucer.

Ned"dy (?), n.; pl.
Neddies (&?;). (Zoöl.) A pet name
for a donkey.

||Nee (?), p. p., fem. [F., fr. L.
nata, fem. of natus, p. p. of nasci to be born.
See Nation.] Born; -- a term sometimes used in
introducing the name of the family to which a married woman belongs
by birth; as, Madame de Staël, née
Necker.

Need (?), n. [OE. need,
neod, nede, AS. neád, n&ymacr;d;
akin to D. nood, G. not, noth, Icel.
nauðr, Sw. & Dan. nöd, Goth. naups.]
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