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water nymph
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun water nymph has 4 senses
- water nymph(n = noun.plant) naiad - submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers; of fresh or brackish water; Array is a member of genus naias, genus najas, naias, najas
- water nymph(n = noun.plant) fragrant water lily, nymphaea odorata, pond lily - a water lily having large leaves and showy fragrant flowers that float on the water; of temperate and tropical regions; Array is a kind of water lily
- water nymph(n = noun.person) Array - (Greek mythology) any nymph of the water; Array has particulars: sea nymph, naiad
- water nymph(n = noun.person) water spirit, water sprite - a fairy that inhabits water; Array is a kind of faerie, faery, fairy, fay, sprite
is a kind of aquatic plant, hydrophyte, hydrophytic plant, water plant
is a member of genus nymphaea, nymphaea
is a kind of nymph
has particulars: undine
CIDE DICTIONARY
water nymph,
- A goddess of any stream or other body of water, whether one of the Naiads, Nereids, or Oceanides. [1913 Webster]
- A water lily (
Nymphæa ). [1913 Webster]
ROGET THESAURUS
water nymph
Jupiter
N Jupiter, god, goddess, heathen gods and goddesses, deva, Jupiter, Jove, pantheon, Allah, Bathala, Brahm, Brahma, Brahma, cloud-compeller, Devi, Durga, Kali, oread, the Great Spirit, Ushas, water nymph, wood nymph, Yama, Varuna, Zeus, Vishnu, Siva, Shiva, Krishna, Juggernath, Buddha, Isis, Osiris, Ra, Belus, Bel, Baal, Asteroth, Thor, Odin, Mumbo Jumbo, good genius, tutelary genius, demiurge, familiar, sibyl, fairy, fay, sylph, sylphid, Ariel, peri, nymph, nereid, dryad, seamaid, banshee, benshie, Ormuzd, Oberon, Mab, hamadryad, naiad, mermaid, kelpie, Ondine, nixie, sprite, denizens of the air, pixy, mythology, heathen-mythology, fairy-mythology, Lempriere, folklore, god-like, fairy-like, sylph-like, sylphic, you moonshine revelers and shades of night.
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