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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
When he is held captive by the nymph Calypso, Athena persuades Zeus to secure Odysseus’s release.
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Gitanjali Roy,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
12 June 2026
The nymphs usually reside under the trees where they were born and feed on their roots.
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Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
5 June 2026
Larger members of the minnow family, such as creek chub, can be caught on small dry flies or nymphs with a 3-weight fly rod and size 14 Humpy and Woolly Worm patterns.
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Chad Mason,
Outdoor Life,
3 June 2026
The 29-year-old actress is on the cover of Elle's Summer 2026 The Epic Issue, alongside her female costars Anne Hathaway (Odysseus' wife Penelope), Lupita Nyong'o (playing Helen of Troy, as well as the character's twin sister Clytemnestra), and Charlize Theron (the nymph Calypso).
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Ingrid Vasquez,
PEOPLE,
22 May 2026
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Gitanjali Roy,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
12 June 2026
The nymphs usually reside under the trees where they were born and feed on their roots.
—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
5 June 2026
Larger members of the minnow family, such as creek chub, can be caught on small dry flies or nymphs with a 3-weight fly rod and size 14 Humpy and Woolly Worm patterns.
—
Chad Mason,
Outdoor Life,
3 June 2026
The 29-year-old actress is on the cover of Elle's Summer 2026 The Epic Issue, alongside her female costars Anne Hathaway (Odysseus' wife Penelope), Lupita Nyong'o (playing Helen of Troy, as well as the character's twin sister Clytemnestra), and Charlize Theron (the nymph Calypso).
—
Ingrid Vasquez,
PEOPLE,
22 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nymph
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Disney is diving into a series adaptation of the 2006 mermaid movie Aquamarine.
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In it, teenage best friends, Claire and Hailey (Levesque), discover a sassy mermaid named Aquamarine washed ashore after a storm.
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There are no insecticides that will control the larva of this inconspicuous grayish-brown moth.
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Screwworms are actually a type of maggot, or larva.
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One girl, identified only as SH, was about 14 years old when Vander Meer allegedly began grooming her with gifts, special attention and knee touches and hugs in 2002.
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The two girls, who were both 17, were taken to local hospitals, where they were pronounced dead a short time later.
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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.
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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.
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“Nymph.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nymph. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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