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water nymphs

water nymphs is the plural of water nymph.

Meaning of water nymph

Noun

water nymph (plural water nymphs)

  1. A female spirit presiding over fountains, wells, streams, etc.
    • We cannot refrain from suspecting that in the original legend these were Valkyrias and not Water-nymphs, for these last would hardly strip to go into the water, their native element.1850, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, London: H.G. Bohn, page 214
  2. Any of various aquatic plants of the genus Najas.

Questions about water nymphs

What is water nymphs the plural of?
Water nymphs is the plural of water nymph.

Words near water nymphs in the dictionary

  1. water nappies
  2. water nappy
  3. water net
  4. water nets
  5. water nymph
  6. water nymphs
  7. water oak
  8. water oaks
  9. water of crystallisation
  10. water of crystallization
  11. water of hydration

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