nymph
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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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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.
Enter Paris, a shepherd in a rather creative marriage with the mountain 'nymph' Oenone.
Zeus freed Odysseus from the 'nymph' Calypso, who held him prisoner on her island, by sending Mercury with an order to Calypso herself.
As a grasshopper 'nymph' grows, the pads become longer and venation becomes evident.
Although the adult doesn't look much like a scale, the 'nymph' and pupa do.
The Ceylon tree 'nymph' is a beautiful silvery white butterfly (2) and is the largest member of the Danaidae family in Sri Lanka.
βShe is a forest 'nymph' of the Black Wood,β said Lily.
a wood 'nymph'
When you visit the Butterfly Wing, one of the most remarkable butterflies you will see is the giant wood 'nymph' , Idea leuconoe.
The Lady is eventually rescued by Sabrina, the 'nymph' of the river Severn and an embodiment of chastity.
Otus and Ephialtes were twin giants who were sons of Poseidon and a 'nymph' .
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.
A mayfly 'nymph' was the most successful fly on the day and other successful flies were the Gosling and Bumble Olive.
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.
Emblematic of abundance, the cornucopia - or horn of plenty - represents the horn of Amalthea, a 'nymph' in Greek mythology.
Once the eggs hatch, 'nymphs' grow for about nine to 12 days, mate, and then females lay eggs.
Mallards and black ducks also dive for pond snails and probably a range of aquatic insects like dragonfly 'nymphs' .
Pranger and her family enjoyed sneaking out at night with a flashlight to peek at the dragonfly 'nymphs' and tiny, two-inch-long tree frogs that had taken up residence in the ponds.
Why do many helminth species, apparently grebe specialists, use dragonfly 'nymphs' as intermediate hosts?
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 scientists found that the non-native fish are aiding bullfrog invasion by eating native dragonfly 'nymphs' that would normally prey on bullfrog larvae.
The children's trays began to fill with mayfly 'nymphs' , aquatic sow bugs, and the larvae of blackflies, caddis flies, and blood red midges.
We counted mature fleas, flea larvae, and ticks (larval and 'nymphal' stages combined) under a dissecting microscope.
Indeed, if anything, Pera takes too much of Humbert's version for granted -- particularly Lolita's β 'nymphean' evil.β
The dryads, the flower faeries and the 'nymphs' dwelled in various trees and plants around the forest.
Her husband is accused of child-molesting, her brother is a lush who has got the maid pregnant, one of her daughters is 'wrong in the head', while the other is scampering through puberty towards 'nymphean' alcoholism.
Numerous grasshopper 'nymphs' were noticed in the border of several fields.
In insects, the general view is that juvenile hormone maintains larval and 'nymphal' characteristics in developing insects and suppresses metamorphosis into adults.
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