nymphae
- plural of nympha.
Example Sentences
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It was a tapir, then, which they had heard taking his regular nightly bath, and regaling himself on the roots of the flags and nymphae.
From The Forest Exiles The Perils of a Peruvian Family in the Wilds of the Amazon by Weir, Harrison
They are fonder of the tree-shoots than the grass; but their favourite morsels are the buds and flowers of nymphae, especially those of the common pond-lily.
From The Hunters' Feast Conversations Around the Camp Fire by Reid, Mayne
Resumed our journey down the river at 8.5 a.m., the general course being east; at 2.35 p.m. camped at a nymphae pool in one of the side channels of the river.
From Journals of Australian Explorations by Gregory, Augustus Charles
Riolan in the early part of the seventeenth century reported a case of defective nymphae; Neubauer in 1774 offers a contrast to this case in an instance of triple nymphae.
From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Pyle, Walter L. (Walter Lytle)
The nymphae are sometimes enormously enlarged by hypertrophy, by varicocele, or by elephantiasis, of which latter type Rigal de Gaillac has observed a most curious case.
From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Pyle, Walter L. (Walter Lytle)
