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ocean-nymphs

ocean-nymphs is the plural of ocean-nymph.

Meaning of ocean-nymph

Noun

ocean-nymph (plural ocean-nymphs)

  1. (Greek) Synonym of sea-nymph
    • The sweet, gentle, pious, Ocean-nymphs, who in the Prometheus of Æschylus appear as the consolers and advisers of its dignified hero, seem to hold a nearly similar relation with man to the supernal gods.1828, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, volume II, London: William Harrison Ainsworth, page 227
    Synonyms:
    sea-nymph

Questions about ocean-nymphs

What is ocean-nymphs the plural of?
Ocean-nymphs is the plural of ocean-nymph.

Words near ocean-nymphs in the dictionary

  1. ocean world
  2. ocean worlds
  3. ocean-going
  4. ocean-lore
  5. ocean-nymph
  6. ocean-nymphs
  7. Oceana
  8. Oceana County
  9. oceanaria
  10. oceanarium
  11. oceanariums

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