nymph
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1. a larva of an insect with incomplete metamorphosis (as the dragonfly or mayfly) (noun.animal)
| hypernym | : | larva, |
| definition | : | the immature free-living form of most invertebrates and amphibians and fish which at hatching from the egg is fundamentally unlike its parent and must metamorphose (noun.animal) |
2. (classical mythology) a minor nature goddess usually depicted as a beautiful maiden (noun.person)
| hyponym | : | echo, |
| definition | : | (Greek mythology) a nymph who was spurned by Narcissus and pined away until only her voice remained (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | atlantides, hesperides, |
| definition | : | (Greek mythology) group of 3 to 7 nymphs who guarded the golden apples that Gaea gave as a wedding gift to Hera (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | hyades, |
| definition | : | (Greek mythology) 7 daughters of Atlas and half-sisters of the Pleiades; they nurtured the infant Dionysus and Zeus placed them among the stars as a reward (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | oread, |
| definition | : | (Greek mythology) one of the mountain nymphs (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | pleiades, |
| definition | : | (Greek mythology) 7 daughters of Atlas and half-sisters of the Hyades; placed among the stars to save them from the pursuit of Orion (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | asterope, sterope, |
| definition | : | (Greek mythology) one of the 7 Pleiades (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | water nymph, |
| definition | : | (Greek mythology) any nymph of the water (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | daphne, |
| definition | : | (Greek mythology) a nymph who was transformed into a laurel tree to escape the amorous Apollo (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | dryad, wood nymph, |
| definition | : | a deity or nymph of the woods (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | salmacis, |
| definition | : | nymph who merged with Hermaphroditus to form one body (noun.person) |
| domain category | : | classical mythology, |
| definition | : | the system of mythology of the Greeks and Romans together; much of Roman mythology (especially the gods) was borrowed from the Greeks (noun.group) |
3. a voluptuously beautiful young woman (noun.person)
| hypernym | : | adult female, woman, |
| definition | : | an adult female person (as opposed to a man) (noun.person) |
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