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Definition of nymphæ in English English dictionary
- A stage of growth of an insect
- Immature stage of a tick's life cycle, between larval and adult, when transmission of Lyme disease to humans is most likely to occur
- any insect in the stage of development between larva and adult; no wings present but resembles the adult
- A mythical semi-divine female spirit of sea or woods
- The second stage of development of a simple metamorphic (egg, nymph, adult)
- juvenile stage of insects, mites or ticks, typically appear similar to the adult, but are incapable of reproduction
- a voluptuously beautiful young woman
- An immature, wingless stage of insect that later develops to have wing pads or underdeveloped wings This is an insect stage that exists on in species that do not have a pupal stage
- The immature stage of insect species which undergo incomplete metamorphisis (egg, nymph, adult) and do not have a pupal stage Late instar nymphs may have nonfunctional rudimentary wings and/or genitalia
- the immature form of an insect that transforms through incomplete metamorphosis
- a larva of an insect with incomplete metamorphosis (as the dragonfly or mayfly)
- The immature stage of an insect that undergoes incomplete metamorphosis
- (classical mythology) a minor nature goddess usually depicted as a beautiful maiden; "the ancient Greeks believed that nymphs inhabited forests and bodies of water"
- 1 The immature form of an aquatic insect before it emerges from the water's surface 2 A wet fly that imitates one of these immature aquatic insects and is designed to be suspended just below the water's surface