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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
These eggs take approximately six to ten weeks to hatch, releasing cicada nymphs that burrow into the soil and latch onto tree roots.
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Marley Malenfant, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
The company offers a few tips: Add them to compost: Dead cicadas and nymph shells can be composted.
—Chad Murphy, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
It’s based on measurements of tick nymphs and full grown ticks in sample areas.
—Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes.com, 28 June 2025
One claims that the area’s name originates from the love story between the demigod Hercules and a nymph named Amalfi.
—Laura Itzkowitz, Travel + Leisure, 21 June 2025
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Marley Malenfant, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
The company offers a few tips: Add them to compost: Dead cicadas and nymph shells can be composted.
—Chad Murphy, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
It’s based on measurements of tick nymphs and full grown ticks in sample areas.
—Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes.com, 28 June 2025
One claims that the area’s name originates from the love story between the demigod Hercules and a nymph named Amalfi.
—Laura Itzkowitz, Travel + Leisure, 21 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nymph
Noun
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Meet mermaids at the aquarium Your favorite shimmering stars of the sea glide and twirl through the water with their tropical fish friends as part of the Mermaids Make Waves special event.—
Caroline Ritzie,
The Enquirer,
2 July 2025
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Your summer jewelry should feel like it was made by a gaggle of mermaids.—
Meghan Rose,
Glamour,
27 June 2025
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Chewing damage is your first hint night-feeding larva are present but hiding below during the daytime.—
Tom MacCubbin,
The Orlando Sentinel,
19 July 2025
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New World screwworms are the parasitic larva of a metallic blue blow fly species called Cochliomyia hominivorax.—
Kameryn Griesser,
CNN Money,
9 July 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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Merlin and Cosmo are both in their 30s, with dark curly hair and similarly rangy builds, though Merlin’s face is more delicate, as though a distant ancestor might have been part elf or dryad.—
Jennifer Kahn,
New York Times,
8 June 2023
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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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That was Nellie Morse in 1924, one of just six fillies to capture the Triple Crown’s second jewel.—
Sam Cohn,
Baltimore Sun,
17 May 2025
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“Nymph.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nymph. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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