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Definition of Nymphs
1. nymph [n] - See also: nymph
Lexicographical Neighbors of Nymphs
Literary usage of Nymphs
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Biological Bulletin by Marine Biological Laboratory (Woods Hole, Mass.) (1911)
"When quiet, the nymphs do not always face away from the light, nor when they swim
... As the behavior of the nymphs is often much affected by objects in the ..."
2. The Pantheon: Representing the Fabulous Histories of the Heathen Gods, and by François Pomey (1784)
"They are called by one common Name a nymphs, ... and Marine nymphs. The Cele/iial
nymphs were ... Other nymphs were called f ..."
3. The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including the Series by Samuel Johnson (1810)
"But when night comes, and she must go To bed, dear nymphs, ... TMe Muses spend
their lofty layi, Upon Apollo and his praise; The nymphs ..."
4. The American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by Charles Anderson Dana (1875)
"The naiads were nymphs of fountains and other fresh waters, those presiding over
lakes being ... The nymphs of mountains and grottoes were called oreads or ..."
5. An Introduction to Entomology by John Henry Comstock (1920)
"The former method of development takes place with nymphs and naiads, ... The wings
of nymphs and naiads are sac-like outgrowths of the body-wall, ..."
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