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English noun: nymph

1. nymph (person) (classical mythology) a minor nature goddess usually depicted as a beautiful maiden


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


Broader (hypernym)Graeco-Roman deity, Greco-Roman deity


Narrower (hyponym)Asterope, Atlantides, Daphne, dryad, Echo, Hesperides, Hyades, Oread, Pleiades, Salmacis, Sterope, water nymph, wood nymph


Domain categoryclassical mythology

2. nymph (animal) a larva of an insect with incomplete metamorphosis (as the dragonfly or mayfly)


Broader (hypernym)larva

3. nymph (person) a voluptuously beautiful young woman


Synonymshouri


Broader (hypernym)adult female, woman









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