nymph : Idioms & Phrases

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sea nymph

  • noun (Greek mythology) a water nymph who was the daughter of Oceanus or Nereus
WordNet

Tree nymph

  • a wood nymph. See Dryad.
Webster 1913

water nymph

  • noun submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers; of fresh or brackish water
    naiad.
  • noun a water lily having large leaves and showy fragrant flowers that float on the water; of temperate and tropical regions
    Nymphaea odorata; pond lily; fragrant water lily.
  • noun (Greek mythology) any nymph of the water
  • noun a fairy that inhabits water
    water spirit; water sprite.
WordNet
Wa"ter nymph`
Definitions
  1. (Myth.) A goddess of any stream or other body of water, whether one of the Naiads, Nereids, or Oceanides.
  2. (Bot.) A water lily (Nymphæa).
Webster 1913

Wood nymph

  • noun a deity or nymph of the woods
    dryad.
WordNet
  • . (a) A nymph inhabiting the woods; a fabled goddess of the woods; a dryad. "The wood nymphs, decked with daisies trim." Milton. (b) (Zoöl.) Any one of several species of handsomely colored moths belonging to the genus Eudryas. The larvæ are bright-colored, and some of the species, as Eudryas grata, and E. unio, feed on the leaves of the grapevine. (c) (Zoöl.) Any one of several species of handsomely colored South American humming birds belonging to the genus Thalurania. The males are bright blue, or green and blue.
Webster 1913