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nymph

[nimf] / nɪmf /


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He visited many lands, but mostly dwelt with the nymph Calypso on her island.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 4, 2026

The clip showed a conversation between Odysseus and Calypso, a nymph who holds the mythical king on her island for several years.

From Salon ● Jul. 22, 2026

Hidden in plain sight, an ambush bug nymph waits motionless inside a flower in Michigan.

From BBC ● Mar. 25, 2026

Echo is presumably the tragic nymph of mythology who was cursed by Hera to be little more than a voice that could only repeat the last words spoken to her.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 20, 2026

The nymph Kalypso has him, in her hall.

From "The Odyssey" by Homer

The parade theme was “Tales of the Seven Seas,” and in the downpour, 30 flowered nymphs were washed off one float.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026

Back at Paultons Park the zoo had devised miniature vases designed to keep the stems alive while preventing any newly hatched nymphs from falling into water.

From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2026

Intermittently “Ballade” includes a lustrous sisterhood of what seem to be junior nymphs attending their sibling.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2025

Eventually, the cicada nymphs will hatch, fall into the ground, burrow down, and start their 13- and 17-year cycles all over again.

From Salon ● May 16, 2024

Digory saw all the animals, dwarfs, satyrs, nymphs, and other things drawing back to the left and right to make way for him.

From "The Magician's Nephew" by C. S. Lewis




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