sea nymph

/si nɪmf/

Other forms: sea nymphs

Definitions of sea nymph

1. noun

   (Greek mythology) a water nymph who was the daughter of Oceanus or Nereus
   types:

   Calypso

   (Greek mythology) the sea nymph who detained Odysseus for seven years

   Nereid

   (Greek mythology) any of the 50 sea nymphs who were daughters of the sea god Nereus

   Oceanid

   (Greek mythology) sea nymph who was a daughter of Oceanus and Tethys

   Siren

   a sea nymph (part woman and part bird) supposed to lure sailors to destruction on the rocks where the nymphs lived

   Thetis

   (Greek mythology) one of the 50 Nereids; mother of Achilles by Peleus

   type of:

   water nymph

   (Greek mythology) any nymph of the water