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wood-nymph

wood-nymph is the alternative form of woodnymph.

Meaning of woodnymph

Noun

woodnymph (plural woodnymphs)

  1. (Greek) A nymph residing in a forest, a dryad.
    • The Wood-nymphs were the companions and attendants of the huntress goddess Artemis; the Sea-nymphs averted shipwreck from pious navigators; and the Spring and River-nymphs poured forth fruitfulness on the earth.1828, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, volume II, London: William Harrison Ainsworth, page 225
  2. A hummingbird of the genus Thalurania.

Forms of wood-nymph

pluralwood-nymphs

Questions about wood-nymph

What is wood-nymph the alternative form of?
Wood-nymph is the alternative form of woodnymph.

Words near wood-nymph in the dictionary

  1. wood-elves
  2. wood-fired
  3. wood-hewer
  4. wood-hewers
  5. wood-locked
  6. wood-nymph
  7. wood-nymphs
  8. wood-oil
  9. wood-oils
  10. wood-pigeon
  11. wood-pigeons

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