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nymphs
Noun
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There were four dead German cockroach nymphs on a glue trap in the cabinet under the handwash sink.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
22 Aug. 2025 -
Dragonfly nymphs have a lower section of their mandibles that kind of unhinges, shoots forward, grabs stuff, and comes back in again, so very much like the Alien!—
Richard Edwards,
Space.com,
12 Aug. 2025
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“Larvae.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/larvae. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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