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woodnymphs

woodnymphs is the plural 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.

Questions about woodnymphs

What is woodnymphs the plural of?
Woodnymphs is the plural of woodnymph.

Words near woodnymphs in the dictionary

  1. woodness
  2. woodnote
  3. woodnotes
  4. Woodnutt
  5. woodnymph
  6. woodnymphs
  7. woodoats
  8. Woodpark
  9. woodpeck
  10. woodpecker
  11. woodpeckerlike

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