nimf

Definitions of nimf
  1. noun
    (classical mythology) a minor nature goddess usually depicted as a beautiful maiden
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    Plejade, Plejaden, Pléiade
    (Greek mythology) 7 daughters of Atlas and half-sisters of the Hyades; placed among the stars to save them from the pursuit of Orion
    Daphne
    (Greek mythology) a nymph who was transformed into a laurel tree to escape the amorous Apollo
    oceanide, oceaniden
    (Greek mythology) a water nymph who was the daughter of Oceanus or Nereus
  2. noun
    a voluptuously beautiful young woman
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    Mevr., dame, gleuf, gleufdier, juffrouw, mens, mevrouw, mokkel, mw., tante, vrouw, vrouwmens, vrouwspersoon, wijf, wijfie
    an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
  3. noun
    a larva of an insect with incomplete metamorphosis (as the dragonfly or mayfly)
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    larf, larve, masker
    the immature free-living form of most invertebrates and amphibians and fish which at hatching from the egg is fundamentally unlike its parent and must metamorphose
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