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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
Asian citrus psyllid adults, nymphs and eggs on new citrus leaves.
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Suzy Khimm, NBC News, 7 Mar. 2025
Cicada nymphs and exoskeletons will litter the ground.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 15 Mar. 2025
Asian citrus psyllid adults, nymphs and eggs on new citrus leaves.
—Suzy Khimm, NBC News, 7 Mar. 2025
The centerpiece of her exhibition space is a green chandelier, and a working fountain made of Murano glass with colored flowers and nymphs in joyous poses.
—Anthony Demarco, Forbes, 13 Mar. 2025
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Suzy Khimm, NBC News, 7 Mar. 2025
Cicada nymphs and exoskeletons will litter the ground.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 15 Mar. 2025
Asian citrus psyllid adults, nymphs and eggs on new citrus leaves.
—Suzy Khimm, NBC News, 7 Mar. 2025
The centerpiece of her exhibition space is a green chandelier, and a working fountain made of Murano glass with colored flowers and nymphs in joyous poses.
—Anthony Demarco, Forbes, 13 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nymph
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Elsewhere, gawp at Patty Chang greedily gobbling a melon standing in for her breast in her seminal 1998 video Melons (At a Loss) and the bloodthirsty mermaids swimming through Jen Liu’s 2023 video The Land at the Bottom of the Sea.—
Lisa Wong Macabasco,
Vogue,
31 Mar. 2025
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The walls were daubed with graffiti, including a full-breasted mermaid drawn in black marker, emerging from the waves to blow her apocalyptic trumpet.—
Hazlitt,
Hazlitt,
12 Mar. 2025
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Bristly rose slug The bristly rose slug is the most common rose slug in California and is the larva of a sawfly.—
Rita Perwich,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
5 Apr. 2025
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Bristly rose slug The bristly rose slug is the most common rose slug in California and is the larva of a sawfly.—
Rita Perwich,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
5 Apr. 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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This year’s cups are meant to honor a trio of winning fillies: Regret (1915), Genuine Risk (1980), and Winning Colors (1988).—
Jonah Flicker,
Robb Report,
8 Apr. 2025
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There are eight 3-year-old fillies entered for the Kentucky Oaks points race.—
Jay Ginsbach,
Forbes,
15 Mar. 2025
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“Nymph.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nymph. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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