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as in mermaid
a mythical goddess represented as a young girl and said to live outdoors
she bought the book of fairy tales for the beautiful engravings of nymphs and fairies featured between the stories
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as in girl
a female person who has not yet reached adulthood
the neighborhood nymphs were gathered at the local pizza parlor
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Recent Examples of nymph
Signs of an infestation include fecal stains (black or rusty-looking spots) on fabrics, shed skins, or the adult bugs, which are oval, flat, reddish-brown and about 3/16-inch long or nymphs, which are yellowish and transparent, says Oi.
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Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 25 Dec. 2025
While adult females can live for up to 100 days, most damage is inflicted by the youngest nymphs, which feed on plant sap and inject toxic saliva that causes grass to yellow, weaken, and die.
—Associate News Editor, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2025
Crafted by different species, the colonies were built by grass-cutting termites who added saliva, feces, and sand to construct palaces for their king, queen, nymphs, workers and soldiers.
—Norma Meyer, Oc Register, 26 Nov. 2025
After seemingly every cast, my dry-dropper rig was a bird’s nest of monofilament and pheasant tail nymphs.
—Robert Annis, Outside, 22 Nov. 2025
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Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 25 Dec. 2025
While adult females can live for up to 100 days, most damage is inflicted by the youngest nymphs, which feed on plant sap and inject toxic saliva that causes grass to yellow, weaken, and die.
—Associate News Editor, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2025
Crafted by different species, the colonies were built by grass-cutting termites who added saliva, feces, and sand to construct palaces for their king, queen, nymphs, workers and soldiers.
—Norma Meyer, Oc Register, 26 Nov. 2025
After seemingly every cast, my dry-dropper rig was a bird’s nest of monofilament and pheasant tail nymphs.
—Robert Annis, Outside, 22 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nymph
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She's also served up just about every length possible, from XXL mermaid waves to short, chic bob.—
Meg Walters,
InStyle,
18 Jan. 2026
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The dress featured brown brocade detailing over nude mesh fabric and a tulle mermaid-style lower skirt.—
Ashley Hume,
FOXNews.com,
12 Jan. 2026
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Live birth, or skipping the egg-laying and larva stage, is extremely rare in amphibians.—
Mindy Weisberger,
CNN Money,
13 Nov. 2025
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The zooids start as a single larva floating in the water among the plankton.—
Ashley Mackin Solomon,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
15 Oct. 2025
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In the 13 years since the division’s inception, no Francis Parker program, boys or girls, has hung an Open Division title.—
Don Norcross,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
24 Jan. 2026
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If 2026 is 2016 all over again, the spontaneous girl who’s been dormant in me for a decade couldn’t be more thrilled.—
Marianne Mychaskiw,
Allure,
24 Jan. 2026
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In Ovid’s version of the story, after cutting down a sacred oak, Erysichthon is cursed with insatiable hunger by the dryad nymph who inhabited it.—
Ellen Walker,
JSTOR Daily,
3 Sep. 2025
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Having regained his health, Geralt heads off with Jaskier and the dryad Milva to find Ciri, following a little skirmish with some power-mad guards.—
Nick Romano,
EW.com,
27 July 2023
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“Nymph.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nymph. Accessed 30 Jan. 2026.
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