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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
Crappie like to hover below their prey, fining in place and examining slow-swimming invertebrates such as damselfly, dragonfly, and mayfly nymphs, as well as small leeches.
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Cory Schmidt, Outdoor Life, 15 Apr. 2026
After hatching, neem oil sprays may suppress (but likely won’t eliminate) the nymph stages.
—Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 10 Apr. 2026
Testing showed that bacteria that causes Lyme disease was highest in adult female ticks from Fairfield County, with around 68% positive, and in nymphs from New Haven County, with around 32% positive for the virus, according to CAES.
—Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 25 Mar. 2026
Lanternfly nymphs start hatching in April and grow through four nymph stages before emerging as adults in late June.
—Chad Murphy, Cincinnati Enquirer, 17 Feb. 2026
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Cory Schmidt, Outdoor Life, 15 Apr. 2026
After hatching, neem oil sprays may suppress (but likely won’t eliminate) the nymph stages.
—Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 10 Apr. 2026
Testing showed that bacteria that causes Lyme disease was highest in adult female ticks from Fairfield County, with around 68% positive, and in nymphs from New Haven County, with around 32% positive for the virus, according to CAES.
—Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 25 Mar. 2026
Lanternfly nymphs start hatching in April and grow through four nymph stages before emerging as adults in late June.
—Chad Murphy, Cincinnati Enquirer, 17 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nymph
Noun
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The 56-year-old former TV personality denied that, telling Vogue the mermaid-like sculpture is meant to depict Freyja, the Norse goddess of love, fertility, war and gold.—
Madeleine Marr,
Miami Herald,
7 May 2026
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That’s probably a good thing considering the vessel features a wooden sculpture of what some say is Bezos’ wife, Lauren Sánchez Bezos, as a mermaid on the prow.—
Lizzie Lanuza,
StyleCaster,
7 May 2026
Noun
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The larva will hatch and eat the paralyzed cicada.—
Pamm Cooper,
Hartford Courant,
9 May 2026
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Both beetles and moths go through a four-stage life cycle of egg, larva (grub), pupa, and adult.—
Arricca Elin SanSone,
Southern Living,
18 Apr. 2026
Noun
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At one point in the 3A state track and field meet, following the field events, the Dillard girls trailed in the team race by 42 points.—
Gary Curreri,
Sun Sentinel,
9 May 2026
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Facing one of the state’s top girls lacrosse teams is always an intimidating challenge.—
Brendan Connelly,
Boston Herald,
9 May 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 9 May. 2026.
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