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By extension, a “nymph” is a beautiful or seductive woman.
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According to the authors, sideways walking may represent a rare evolutionary innovation seen mainly in true crabs, and possibly in a few other groups like crab spiders and leafhopper nymphs.
From Science Daily • May 2, 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
It possesses a magic that places them alongside folk nymphs like Nick Drake, Joni Mitchell, and Sandy Denny.
From BBC • May 30, 2025
In certain groups of centipedes, Machado writes, "this apparently increases offspring survival, because without the mother the eggs and nymphs always die from fungal attack or unknown reasons."
From Salon • May 11, 2025
With her sister Iole she went one day to a pool intending to make garlands for the nymphs.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
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