nymph

Noun
  1. (classical mythology) a minor nature goddess usually depicted as a beautiful maiden (synset 109571761)
    "the ancient Greeks believed that nymphs inhabited forests and bodies of water"
    referred to in: classical mythology - the system of mythology of the Greeks and Romans together; much of Roman mythology (especially the gods) was borrowed from the Greeks
    is a type of: graeco-roman deity, greco-roman deity - a deity of classical mythology
    subtypes:
    • echo - (Greek mythology) a nymph who was spurned by Narcissus and pined away until only her voice remained
    • atlantides, hesperides - (Greek mythology) group of 3 to 7 nymphs who guarded the golden apples that Gaea gave as a wedding gift to Hera
    • hyades - (Greek mythology) 7 daughters of Atlas and half-sisters of the Pleiades; they nurtured the infant Dionysus and Zeus placed them among the stars as a reward
    • oread - (Greek mythology) one of the mountain nymphs
    • pleiades - (Greek mythology) 7 daughters of Atlas and half-sisters of the Hyades; placed among the stars to save them from the pursuit of Orion
    • asterope, sterope - (Greek mythology) one of the 7 Pleiades
    • water nymph - (Greek mythology) any nymph of the water
    • daphne - (Greek mythology) a nymph who was transformed into a laurel tree to escape the amorous Apollo
    • dryad, wood nymph - a deity or nymph of the woods
    • salmacis - nymph who merged with Hermaphroditus to form one body
  2. A larva of an insect with incomplete metamorphosis (as the dragonfly or mayfly) (synset 102314269)
    is a type of: larva - 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
  3. A voluptuously beautiful young woman (synset 110388227)
    is a type of: adult female, woman - an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
    same as: houri

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