nymph
has definitions from the fields of zoology,religion,classical mythology
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[ noun ] (classical mythology) a minor nature goddess usually depicted as a beautiful maiden
Examples "the ancient Greeks believed that nymphs inhabited forests and bodies of water" Used in print (Guy Bolton, The Olympians....)`` Mars and Venus , Bacchus and Ariadne , Jupiter and Io , Byron and the nymph of the owl 's nest . |
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[ noun ] (zoology) a larva of an insect with incomplete metamorphosis (as the dragonfly or mayfly)
Used in print (Robert Heinlein, Stranger in a Strange Land....)In the other hemisphere it is growing colder and nymphs , those who stayed alive through the summer , are being brought into nests for quickening and more growing '' . Related terms |
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