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1. (n.) nymph
any of a class of lesser deities in classical mythology, conceived of as beautiful young women inhabiting the sea, rivers, trees, or mountains.
2. nymph
a beautiful or graceful young woman.
3. nymph
the young of an insect that undergoes incomplete metamorphosis.
Etymology: (1350–1400; ME nimphe < L nympha < Gk nýmphē bride, nymph)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) 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"
2. (noun) nymph
a larva of an insect with incomplete metamorphosis (as the dragonfly or mayfly)
3. (noun) nymph, houri
a voluptuously beautiful young woman
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) nymph
a goddess of the mountains, forests, meadows, or waters
2. (noun) nymph
a lovely young girl; a maiden; a damsel
3. (noun) nymph
the pupa of an insect; a chrysalis
4. (noun) nymph
any one of a subfamily (Najades) of butterflies including the purples, the fritillaries, the peacock butterfly, etc.; -- called also naiad
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U.S. National Library of Medicine |
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1. nymph
The immature stage in the life cycle of those orders of insects characterized by gradual metamorphosis, in which the young resemble the imago in general form of body, including compound eyes and external wings; also the 8-legged stage of mites and ticks that follows the first moult.
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Sense: a goddess or spirit of the rivers, trees etc.
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 Afrikaans: nimf |
 Arabic: حورِيَّه |
 Bulgarian: нимфа |
 Brazilian: ninfa |
 Czech: nymfa |
 German: die Nymphe |
 Danish: nymfe |
 Greek: νύμφη, νεράιδα |
 Spanish: ninfa |
 Estonian: nümf |
 Farsi: حورى؛ زن بسيار زيبا |
 Finnish: nymfi |
 French: nymphe |
 Hebrew: נִימפָה |
 Hindi: अप्सरा |
 Croatian: vodena vila, nimfa |
 Hungarian: nimfa |
 Indonesian: peri |
 Icelandic: nÿmfa, dís |
 Italian: ninfa |
 Japanese: 精霊 |
 Korean: 님프: 바다, 산, 강, 목장 등에 사는 아름 |
 Lithuanian: nimfa |
 Latvian: nimfa |
 Malay: dewi |
 Dutch: nimf |
 Norwegian: nymfe, fe |
 Polish: nimfa |
 Persian: ،منظره دلنيشين حورى؛ زن ب |
 Pashto: ډيرزړه ښكونكى،ښكلى |
 Portuguese: ninfa |
 Romanian: nimfă |
 Russian: нимфа |
 Slovak: nymfa |
 Slovenian: (vodna) vila |
 Serbian: nimfa |
 Swedish: nymf |
 Thai: นางไม้ |
 Turkish: peri, su/orman vb. perisi |
 Taiwanese: 居於山林水澤中的仙女 |
 Ukrainian: німфа |
 Urdu: حور، درياؤں و درختوں کي د |
 Vietnamese: nữ thần |
 Chinese: 居于山林水泽中的仙女 |
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