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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
nymph
    n 1: (classical mythology) a minor nature goddess usually
         depicted as a beautiful maiden; "the ancient Greeks
         believed that nymphs inhabited forests and bodies of water"
    2: a larva of an insect with incomplete metamorphosis (as the
       dragonfly or mayfly)
    3: a voluptuously beautiful young woman [syn: nymph, houri]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
nymph \nymph\ (n[i^]mf), n. [L. nympha nymph, bride, young
   woman, Gr. ny`mfh: cf. F. nymphe. Cf. Nuptial.]
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   1. (Class. Myth.) A goddess of the mountains, forests,
      meadows, or waters.
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            Where were ye, nymphs, when the remorseless deep
            Closed o'er the head of your loved Lycidas?
                                                  --Milton.
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   2. Hence: A lovely young girl; a maiden; a damsel.
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            Nymph, in thy orisons
            Be all my sins remembered.            --Shak.
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   3. (Zool.) The pupa of an insect; a chrysalis.
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   4. (Zool.) Any one of a subfamily (Najades) of butterflies
      including the purples, the fritillaries, the peacock
      butterfly, etc.; -- called also naiad.
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Thesaurus Results for nymph:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
Anlage, Atlantides, Hyades, Napaea, Pleiades, arachnid, arthropod, aurelia, beetle, blastula, bug, caterpillar, centipede, chilopod, chippy, chrysalis, cocoon, daddy longlegs, diplopod, dryad, embryo, fetus, floozy, flower nymph, fly, germ, germen, glen nymph, grisette, grub, hamadryad, harvestman, hexapod, insect, larva, limoniad, maggot, millepede, millipede, mite, mountain nymph, nympha, nymphet, nymphlin, oread, pupa, rudiment, scorpion, spider, tarantula, tick, tree nymph, vila, wiggler, willi, wood nymph, wriggler, zygote
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