nymph has definitions from the fields of zoology,religion,classical mythology
1
[ 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 .

2
[ 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

larva

3
[ noun ] a voluptuously beautiful young woman

Synonyms

houri

Related terms

woman

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