nymphs
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By extension, a “nymph” is a beautiful or seductive woman.
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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
Together with Winchell and Fallon Meng, a PhD student in Winchell's lab studying spotted lanternflies, Owen noticed that lanternflies -- both nymphs and adults -- were showing up earlier each year and remaining active later.
From Science Daily • Dec. 5, 2024
The ghostly water nymphs were normally confined to their homes in the river, but during Semik, they could come out at night and would dance in the fields under the stars.
From Anya and the Dragon by Sofiya Pasternack
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