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# nymph

noun (a nymph, nymphs)

«nymph» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. In Greek and Roman myths, a nymph is a nature spirit who looks like a young woman and lives in a forest, river, sea or mountain. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nymph/#m1)
2. In science, a nymph is the young form of some insects, like dragonflies and grasshoppers, that look a bit like the adult but have no wings yet. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nymph/#m2)

### In the lessons

In science, insects such as grasshoppers, dragonflies and cockroaches grow by incomplete metamorphosis: egg, nymph, adult; dragonfly nymphs live underwater. In myth stories, nymphs (like Echo) appear in Greek legends.

### Examples

- A dragonfly nymph lives in the pond. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nymph/#x1)
- In the Greek myth, Echo was a nymph. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nymph/#x2)
- Grasshopper nymphs have no wings yet. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nymph/#x3)
- Water nymphs lived in the river. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nymph/#x4)
- The nymph sheds its skin as it grows. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nymph/#x5)
- The painting shows nymphs dancing in a forest. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nymph/#x6)
- The MELIADES were the nymphs who presided over fruit-trees. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nymph/#x7)

### Note

Countable. Spelled with "ph" sounding like f and a "y": nymph. Insects like butterflies have larvae (caterpillars), not nymphs.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «nymph» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nymph/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«nymph» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/nymph.html) on Mova free.