·noun The pupa of an insect; a chrysalis.
II. Nymph ·noun A lovely young girl; a maiden; a damsel.
III. Nymph ·noun A goddess of the mountains, forests, meadows, or waters.
IV. Nymph ·noun Any one of a subfamily (Najades) of butterflies including the purples, the fritillaries, the peacock butterfly, ·etc.;
— called also naiad.