Definition of nymph

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Nymph (n.) Any one of a subfamily (Najades) of butterflies including the purples, the fritillaries, the peacock butterfly, etc.; -- called also naiad..

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Water Nymph :: Water nymph () A goddess of any stream or other body of water, whether one of the Naiads, Nereids, or Oceanides..
Nymphic :: Nymphic (a.) Alt. of Nymphica.
Nenuphar :: Nenuphar (n.) The great white water lily of Europe; the Nymphaea alba.
Nymphish :: Nymphish (a.) Relating to nymphs; ladylike.
Nymphiparous :: Nymphiparous (a.) Producing pupas or nymphs.
Echo :: Echo (n.) A wood or mountain nymph, regarded as repeating, and causing the reverberation of them..
Nymphlike :: Nymphlike (a.) Alt. of Nymphl.
Nymphales :: Nymphales (n. pl.) An extensive family of butterflies including the nymphs, the satyrs, the monarchs, the heliconias, and others; -- called also brush-footed butterflies..
Siren :: Siren (n.) One of three sea nymphs, -- or, according to some writers, of two, -- said to frequent an island near the coast of Italy, and to sing with such sweetness that they lured mariners to destruction..
Nymphical :: Nymphical (a.) Of or pertaining to nymphs.
Nymph :: Nymph (n.) The pupa of an insect; a chrysalis.
Paranymphal :: Paranymphal (a.) Bridal; nuptial.
Paranymph :: Paranymph (n.) The bridesmaid who conducted the bride to the bridegroom.
Sea-maid :: Sea-maid (n.) A sea nymph.
Naiad :: Naiad (n.) One of a group of butterflies. See Nymph.
Paranymph :: Paranymph (n.) A friend of the bridegroom who went with him in his chariot to fetch home the bride.
Mermaid :: Mermaid (n.) A fabled marine creature, typically represented as having the upper part like that of a woman, and the lower like a fish; a sea nymph, sea woman, or woman fish..
Nereid :: Nereid (n.) A sea nymph, one of the daughters of Nereus, who were attendants upon Neptune, and were represented as riding on sea horses, sometimes with the human form entire, and sometimes with the tail of a fish..
Seminymph :: Seminymph (n.) The pupa of insects which undergo only a slight change in passing to the imago state.
Echo :: Echo (n.) A nymph, the daughter of Air and Earth, who, for love of Narcissus, pined away until nothing was left of her but her voice..
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