01 n. A goddess of the mountains, forests, meadows, or waters.
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A goddess of the mountains, forests, meadows, or waters.(Class. Myth.)“Where were ye, nymphs, when the remorseless deep Closed o'er the head of your loved Lycidas?” — Milton.
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A lovely young girl; a maiden; a damsel.“Nymph, in thy orisons Be all my sins remembered.” — Shak.
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The pupa of an insect; a chrysalis.(Zool.)
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Any one of a subfamily (Najades) of butterflies including the purples, the fritillaries, the peacock butterfly, etc.; -- called also naiad.(Zool.) Also: naiad