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nymph::noun | Spocien Dictionary

nymph

/nɪmf/

a voluptuously beautiful young woman

Type	Words
Synonyms	houri
Type of	woman, adult female

nymph

/nɪmf/

a larva of an insect with incomplete metamorphosis (as the dragonfly or mayfly)

Type	Words
Type of	larva

nymph

/nɪmf/

(classical mythology) a minor nature goddess usually depicted as a beautiful maiden

Type	Words
Type of	graeco-roman deity, greco-roman deity
Has types	hesperides, hyades, oread, pleiades, salmacis, sterope, water nymph, wood nymph, asterope, atlantides, daphne, dryad, echo

the ancient Greeks believed that nymphs inhabited forests and bodies of water.