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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 larva
a young wingless often wormlike form (as a grub or caterpillar) that hatches from the egg of many insects mayfly nymphs

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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 There were four dead German cockroach nymphs on a glue trap in the cabinet under the handwash sink. 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 Telford’s lab has tested more than 3,500 nymph deer ticks (in their second life stage) between 2021 and 2024, the release stated, finding that between 1% and 2% of nymph deer ticks on Martha’s Vineyard are infected. Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 7 Aug. 2025 Or choose another name from Greek mythology, as Daphne is a nymph whom the god Apollo loved. Anna Halkidis, Parents, 8 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for nymph
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Noun
  • The look featured floral lace embroidery, voluminous sleeves and a mermaid silhouette.
    Catherine Santino, PEOPLE, 8 Sep. 2025
  • At Cedar Creek Park, there will be a variety of family-friendly entertainment that includes bounce houses, a live mermaid, baby kangaroos, bumper boats and a petting zoo.
    Cathy Kozlowicz, jsonline.com, 8 Sep. 2025
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  • The parasitic flies produce larva that feed on living tissue, typically that of animals and livestock.
    N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2025
  • Screwworm is actually a fly that gets its name from how its larva infects a host.
    Cara Lynn Shultz, People.com, 26 Aug. 2025
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  • Roald Dahl's Matilda the Musical Roald Dahl's beloved 1988 novel about a young girl named Matilda with telekinetic powers has gotten its fair share of adaptations over the years.
    Jacqueline Weiss, PEOPLE, 7 Sep. 2025
  • The Loveland FoundationProvides financial assistance to Black women and girls seeking therapy.
    Jade Jackson, IndyStar, 6 Sep. 2025
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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
  • 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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  • Monday’s special Labor Day card features two $100,000, dirt stakes races — the one-mile Tranquility Lakes for older fillies and mares and the Generous Portion, a 5½-furlong sprint for Cal-bred 2-year-old fillies.
    Bill Center, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Sep. 2025
  • In 1988 his filly Winning Colors became only the third filly to win the Kentucky Derby.
    Neil Milbert, Chicago Tribune, 29 June 2025

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“Nymph.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nymph. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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