Nymph in a sentence

Dragonfly nymphs may swallow cercariae, or these may tunnel through a nymph's body wall; they then enter the gut and form a cyst or metacercaria, which remains in the nymph for the whole of its development.

As of Friday, Shygirl was still set to embark on a European leg of her solo Nymph World Tour beginning in Rotterdam, Netherlands, on Nov. 29.

The Greek goddess was the daughter of Thaumas, whose name means “miracle” or “wonder” in Greek, an old and powerful sea god who was linked to the wonders of the sea, and Elektra, a sea-dwelling nymph.

Feeding times are brief and each stage (larva, nymph adult) will feed several times as they develop.

The same applies to fly fishers, fish a weighted nymph deep and keep doing so until there are rises to target.

It follows Cleveland Heep, an apartment complex superintendent who discovers a water nymph in the swimming pool, eventually coming to the realization that he and his neighbors are characters "acting out" a fairy tale.

The celestial nymph is the BJP.

While you try to pick between Nicki and Kim’s mermaid looks, check out all of the celebs who have dressed up as a water nymph in our gallery above.

Ambrosia is sometimes depicted in ancient art as distributed by a nymph labeled with that name.

A prominent instance of a baby satyr outside ancient Greece is Albrecht Dürer 's 1505 engraving, "Musical Satyr and Nymph with Baby (Satyr's Family)".

But Athena may be called the daughter of Poseidon and a nymph named Tritonis, without involving Pallas.

Chiron 's wedding-gift to Peleus when he married the nymph Thetis in classical Greek mythology, was an ashen spear as the nature of ashwood with its straight grain made it an ideal choice of wood for a spear.

For a time, a nymph named Echo had the job of distracting Hera from his affairs by talking incessantly, and when Hera discovered the deception, she cursed Echo to repeat the words of others.

For example, Katchoo appears as a "happy-go-lucky wood nymph" in an early strip by Moore about an enchanted forest.

From that moment on, the once loquacious nymph could only repeat the most recently spoken words of another person.

Given free rein to change the story however he wanted, Aki's version is a violent saga focused primarily on fighting and has Hitomi transforming into a "curvaceous nymph " that is the power source of the mecha Escaflowne.

In 1852 the San Francisco-based ships Glencoe and Sea Nymph were attacked and everyone aboard except for one crew member were killed.

In an incomplete metamorphosis (hemimetabolous) an insect does not go through a full transformation, but instead transitions from a nymph to an adult by molting its exoskeleton as it grows.

In Idyll XI Polyphemus becomes a young herdsman finding solace in song for his love of the sea-nymph.

In later traditions, this Ajax is called a son of Oileus and the nymph Rhene and is also mentioned among the suitors of Helen.