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nymph
  1. The larva of certain insects.
  2. (Greek and Roman mythology) Any minor female deity associated with water, forests, grotto, etc.
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  4. Examples:
    1. “Not only does the attractive nymph initiate a jealous rivalry among several shepherds, but her voice is a source of beauty.”
      “Achilles is no longer virtually invincible because he was dipped in the River Styx by his mother, the nymph Thetis.”
      “A rather singular feature in the life of the stick insect nymph is its ability to regenerate limbs and antennae which have been lost or damaged.”
nympha
  1. (entomology) A nymph.
  2. Each of a pair of processes in certain bivalves, to which the ends of the external ligament are attached.
  3. Examples:
    1. “Kyamos in the Greek language appears to signify, not only a bean, but also the fruit or bean of the nympha nelumbo.”
      “Who does not love the beautiful water-lily, the nympha odorata of our ponds and lakes?”
      “Thetis was styled nympha, merely because she was supposed to be water.”
nymphaeum
  1. An ancient Greek or Roman shrine consecrated to water nymphs, often with a fountain.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “In addition to the above types, the Romans developed the nymphaeum, a purely decorative type of fountain that originated in Hellenistic times.”
      “A small storage jar from the nymphaeum at Umm Qays with a geometric pattern painted before firing.”
      “The rotunda nymphaeum, common in the Roman period, was borrowed from such Hellenistic structures as the Great Nymphaeum of Ephesus.”
nymphosis
  1. (entomology) The passage from the larval state to the nymph state of an insect.
  2. Examples:
    1. “The dissimilarity is yet more marked in the preparations for the nymphosis.”
      “There are probably similarities between morphology and development with the Sagrinae, but the nymphosis here occurs within the soil.”
nymphaea
  1. (botany) Originally, the European white water lily; later also, a species of the genus Nymphaea.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Along the principal east-west street, named the Grand Colonnade by archaeologists, a double portico is ornamented with three nymphaea.”
      “The nymphaea lotus, which resembles our white water lily, was also a product of the lowlands.”
      “Roman nymphaea became monumental pleasure houses, often in the shape of an exedra covered by a half dome.”
nymphing
  1. (fishing) fly fishing using a nymph
nymphologist
  1. An expert in nymphology.
nymphetry
  1. (nonce word) The state of being a nymphet.
nymphette
nymphology
  1. the scientific study of nymphs
nymphe
  1. (rare or archaic) Alternative spelling of nymph
nymphet
  1. (obsolete) A small nymph. [17th-19th c.]
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  3. Examples:
    1. “He finds himself drawn into the life of a street prostitute and a nymphet whose father pimps her from his costume shop.”
      “So, you've spent the last couple of months salivating before the television screen and not because of any gyrating Bollywood nymphet.”
      “So what if it is all about forbidden love and doomed sexual obsession for a pre-pubescent nymphet.”
nymphaea
  1. plural of nymphaeum
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Along the principal east-west street, named the Grand Colonnade by archaeologists, a double portico is ornamented with three nymphaea.”
      “The nymphaea lotus, which resembles our white water lily, was also a product of the lowlands.”
      “Roman nymphaea became monumental pleasure houses, often in the shape of an exedra covered by a half dome.”
nymphologists
  1. plural of nymphologist
nymphaeums
nymphettes
nymphaeas
  1. plural of nymphaea
nymphets
  1. plural of nymphet
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Actually, we kind of suspect he's long since had all his Suffolk blood replaced with fresh stuff drained from young, nubile nymphets.”
      “How can they do so, when they want to play heroes all the time and run around trees chasing nymphets!”
      “The nymphets in Olympic form passed through tunnels of vegetation, while the cyclist zigzagged, tireless.”
nymphae
  1. plural of nympha
  2. Examples:
    1. “It loves the roots of several species of nymphae, but its favourite is calamus root.”
nymphes
  1. plural of nymphe
nymphs
  1. plural of nymph
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  3. Examples:
    1. “I am using a size 10 Kamasan B175-a hook that gives a lovely profile for nymphs, wet flies and small lures.”
      “To be a successful all-round grayling angler you need a selection of dry flies, nymphs and wet flies.”
      “The water nymphs, hearing Narcissus' farewell, began to weep, and the wood nymphs did, too.”
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