nymph
/ˈnɪmf/ sustantivo C1En español: ninfa, ondina, hénide, oréade
- Any female nature spirit associated with water, forests, grottos, wind, etc.
- A young girl, especially one who is attractive, beautiful or graceful.
- The larva of certain insects.
- Any of various butterflies of the family Nymphalidae.
Plural nymphs
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Dantès, as we have said, had traced the marks along the rocks, and he had noticed that they led to a small creek, which was hidden like the bath of some ancient nymph.
“No, for that very resemblance affrights me; I should have liked something more in the manner of the Venus of Milo or Capua; but this chase-loving Diana, continually surrounded by her nymphs, gives me a sort of alarm lest she should some day bring on me the fate of Actæon.”
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