nymph

nymph  (nmf)

n.

1. Greek & Roman Mythology Any of numerous minor deities represented as beautiful maidens inhabiting and sometimes personifying features of nature such as trees, waters, and mountains.

2. A girl, especially a beautiful one.

3. The larval form of certain insects, such as silverfish and grasshoppers, usually resembling the adult form but smaller and lacking fully developed wings. Also called nympha.

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[Middle English nimphe, from Old French, from Latin nympha, from Greek numph.]

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nymphal (nmfl) adj.

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nymph

Noun

1. Myth a spirit of nature, represented as a beautiful young woman

2. the larva of certain insects, resembling the adult form

3. Chiefly poetic a beautiful young woman [Greek numphē]

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nymph  (nmf)

The immature form of those insects that do not pass through a pupal stage. Nymphs usually resemble the adults, but are smaller, lack fully developed wings, and are sexually immature. Compare imagolarvapupa

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	nymph - (classical mythology) a minor nature goddess usually depicted as a beautiful maiden; "the ancient Greeks believed that nymphs inhabited forests and bodies of water" classical mythology - the system of mythology of the Greeks and Romans together; much of Roman mythology (especially the gods) was borrowed from the Greeks Graeco-Roman deity, Greco-Roman deity - a deity of classical mythology Echo - (Greek mythology) a nymph who was spurned by Narcissus and pined away until only her voice remained Atlantides, Hesperides - (Greek mythology) group of 3 to 7 nymphs who guarded the golden apples that Gaea gave as a wedding gift to Hera Hyades - (Greek mythology) 7 daughters of Atlas and half-sisters of the Pleiades; they nurtured the infant Dionysus and Zeus placed them among the stars as a reward Oread - (Greek mythology) one of the mountain nymphs Pleiades - (Greek mythology) 7 daughters of Atlas and half-sisters of the Hyades; placed among the stars to save them from the pursuit of Orion Asterope, Sterope - (Greek mythology) one of the 7 Pleiades water nymph - (Greek mythology) any nymph of the water Daphne - (Greek mythology) a nymph who was transformed into a laurel tree to escape the amorous Apollo dryad, wood nymph - a deity or nymph of the woods Salmacis - nymph who merged with Hermaphroditus to form one body
	2.	nymph - a larva of an insect with incomplete metamorphosis (as the dragonfly or mayfly) larva - the immature free-living form of most invertebrates and amphibians and fish which at hatching from the egg is fundamentally unlike its parent and must metamorphose
	3.	nymph - a voluptuously beautiful young woman houri adult female, woman - an adult female person (as opposed to a man); "the woman kept house while the man hunted"

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nymph

noun 1. Mythology sylph, dryad, naiad, hamadryad, Oceanid Greek myth oread

noun 2. (Chiefly poetic) girl, lass, maiden, maid, damsel

Translations

nymph [nɪmf] n → ninfa

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nymph [nɪmf] n → nymphe f

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nymph [nɪmf] n → Nymphe f

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nymph [nɪmf] n → ninfa