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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Nymph :: Nymph (n.) Any one of a subfamily (Najades) of butterflies including the purples, the fritillaries, the peacock butterfly, etc.; -- called also naiad..
Dryad :: Dryad (n.) A wood nymph; a nymph whose life was bound up with that of her tree.
Nymphet :: Nymphet (n.) A little or young nymph.
Seminymph :: Seminymph (n.) The pupa of insects which undergo only a slight change in passing to the imago state.
Nenuphar :: Nenuphar (n.) The great white water lily of Europe; the Nymphaea alba.
Hydriad :: Hydriad (n.) A water nymph.
Lotus :: Lotus (n.) A name of several kinds of water lilies; as Nelumbium speciosum, used in religious ceremonies, anciently in Egypt, and to this day in Asia; Nelumbium luteum, the American lotus; and Nymphaea Lotus and N. caerulea, the respectively white-flowered and blue-flowered lotus of modern Egypt, which, with Nelumbium speciosum, are figured on its ancient monuments..
Nymphal :: Nymphal (a.) Of or pertaining to a nymph or nymphs; nymphean.
Sea-maid :: Sea-maid (n.) A sea nymph.
Naiad :: Naiad (n.) One of a group of butterflies. See Nymph.
Hamadryad :: Hamadryad (n.) A tree nymph whose life ended with that of the particular tree, usually an oak, which had been her abode..
Nymphly :: Nymphly (a.) Resembling, or characteristic of, a nymph..
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..
Water Nymph :: Water nymph () A goddess of any stream or other body of water, whether one of the Naiads, Nereids, or Oceanides..
Paranymph :: Paranymph (n.) A friend of the bridegroom who went with him in his chariot to fetch home the bride.
Nymph :: Nymph (n.) A lovely young girl; a maiden; a damsel.
Satyr :: Satyr (n.) Any one of many species of butterflies belonging to the family Nymphalidae. Their colors are commonly brown and gray, often with ocelli on the wings. Called also meadow browns..
Naiad :: Naiad (n.) A water nymph; one of the lower female divinities, fabled to preside over some body of fresh water, as a lake, river, brook, or fountain..
Water Nymph :: Water nymph () A water lily (Nymphaea).
Limoniad :: Limoniad (n.) A nymph of the meadows; -- called also Limniad.
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