nymph
حورية
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Nijinsky's was about a mythological creature who encounters nymphs in a wood on a summer afternoon.
a mythological spirit of nature imagined as a beautiful maiden inhabiting rivers, woods, or other locations.
The bulk of the diet of trout is made up of small invertebrates, particularly mayfly nymphs and caddis fly larvae.
an immature form of an insect that does not change greatly as it grows, e.g., a dragonfly, mayfly, or locust.
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I selected a small gold bead mayfly 'nymph' tied on a size 12 hook, as it was white and clearly visible in the murky water.
Zeus freed Odysseus from the 'nymph' Calypso, who held him prisoner on her island, by sending Mercury with an order to Calypso herself.
Otus and Ephialtes were twin giants who were sons of Poseidon and a 'nymph' .
The Ceylon tree 'nymph' is a beautiful silvery white butterfly (2) and is the largest member of the Danaidae family in Sri Lanka.
As a grasshopper 'nymph' grows, the pads become longer and venation becomes evident.
As the son of Chronos and the ocean 'nymph' Philyra he was immortal, but he received a terrible, poisonous wound from an arrow which was shot (in error) by Hercules.
‘She is a forest 'nymph' of the Black Wood,’ said Lily.
When you visit the Butterfly Wing, one of the most remarkable butterflies you will see is the giant wood 'nymph' , Idea leuconoe.
The nits hatch into a 'nymph' , or immature louse, in seven to 10 days.
Pitt's character, the warrior Achilles, is no longer virtually invincible because he was dipped in the River Styx by his mother, the 'nymph' Thetis.
The Lady is eventually rescued by Sabrina, the 'nymph' of the river Severn and an embodiment of chastity.
Enter Paris, a shepherd in a rather creative marriage with the mountain 'nymph' Oenone.
a wood 'nymph'
Emblematic of abundance, the cornucopia - or horn of plenty - represents the horn of Amalthea, a 'nymph' in Greek mythology.
A mayfly 'nymph' was the most successful fly on the day and other successful flies were the Gosling and Bumble Olive.
Although the adult doesn't look much like a scale, the 'nymph' and pupa do.
The classically educated amongst us will recognise it as an anagram of ‘Naiads’ the freshwater 'nymphs' from Greek mythology, who dwelt in brooks and springs.
She'd been a tiny, exquisite, 'nymph-like' child, and when I saw her she was a large, composed woman.
They represent a difference of taste-the former, mature and intellectual; the latter, 'nymph-like' and oversexed-with the common denominator good looks.
Iris calls out river 'nymphs' to bless the marriage and a myriad of shapes and forms enter the stage.
The afternoon of pond-dipping will be divided between two of Oakwell's ponds and visitors can expect to see anything from sticklebacks and frogs to diving beetles and dragonfly 'nymphs' .
Immature ticks, or 'nymphs' , are about the size of a poppy seed; adult ticks are the size of a sesame seed.
In this particular water, we know that we have small water beetle, you probably have some of the 'nymphs' of the damsel fly, towards the mid stages of production at the moment.
In insects, the general view is that juvenile hormone maintains larval and 'nymphal' characteristics in developing insects and suppresses metamorphosis into adults.
We counted mature fleas, flea larvae, and ticks (larval and 'nymphal' stages combined) under a dissecting microscope.
Behind these were many ranks of pixies, gnomes and 'nymphs' , and in the rear a thousand beautiful fairies floated along in gorgeous array.
Mallards and black ducks also dive for pond snails and probably a range of aquatic insects like dragonfly 'nymphs' .
Indeed, if anything, Pera takes too much of Humbert's version for granted -- particularly Lolita's ‘ 'nymphean' evil.’
The growth stage of grasshopper 'nymphs' can be determined by looking at the size of the individual and the length of the wing pads.
We think of dragonflies as aerial creatures, but they spend most of their lives - one to three years - underwater as 'nymphs' , eating small insects and larvae.
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