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English noun: nymph | |||
| 1. | nymph (person) (classical mythology) a minor nature goddess usually depicted as a beautiful maiden | ||
| Samples | The 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 category | classical 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 | ||
| Synonyms | houri | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | adult female, woman | ||
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