nymph

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noun

1. (classical mythology) a minor nature goddess usually depicted as a beautiful maiden (Freq. 1)
- the ancient Greeks believed that nymphs inhabited forests and bodies of water
• Topics:
classical mythology
• Hypernyms:
Greco-Roman deity, Graeco-Roman deity
• Hyponyms:
Echo, Hesperides, Atlantides, Hyades, Oread,
Pleiades, Sterope, Asterope, water nymph, Daphne, dryad,
wood nymph, Salmacis
2. a larva of an insect with incomplete metamorphosis (as the dragonfly or mayfly) (Freq. 1)
• Hypernyms:
larva
3. a voluptuously beautiful young woman
• Syn:
houri
• Hypernyms:
woman, adult female