English noun: nymph |
1. | nymph (person) (classical mythology) a minor nature goddess usually depicted as a beautiful maiden |
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| Samples | The ancient Greeks believed that nymphs inhabited forests and bodies of water.
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| Broader (hypernym) | Graeco-Roman deity, Greco-Roman deity |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | Asterope, Atlantides, Daphne, dryad, Echo, Hesperides, Hyades, Oread, Pleiades, Salmacis, Sterope, water nymph, wood nymph |
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| Domain category | classical mythology |
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2. | nymph (animal) a larva of an insect with incomplete metamorphosis (as the dragonfly or mayfly) |
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| Broader (hypernym) | larva |
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3. | nymph (person) a voluptuously beautiful young woman |
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| Synonyms | houri |
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| Broader (hypernym) | adult female, woman |
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