nymph
noun/nɪmf/
/nɪmf/
- (in ancient Greek and Roman stories) a spirit of nature in the form of a young woman, that lives in rivers, woods, etc.
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- (biology) a young insect that has a body form that does not change very much as it grows
- a dragonfly nymph
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French nimphe, from Latin nympha, from Greek numphē ‘nymph, bride’; related to Latin nubere ‘be the wife of’.
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