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nymph 
  n 
1  (Myth) a spirit of nature envisaged as a beautiful maiden 
2 Chiefly poetic a beautiful young woman 
3 the larva of insects such as the dragonfly and mayfly. It resembles the adult, apart from having underdeveloped wings and reproductive organs, and develops into the adult without a pupal stage 
  (C14: via Old French from Latin, from Greek numphe nymph; related to Latin nubere to marry) 
♦  nymphal, nymphean    adj 
♦  nymphlike  adj 

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