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Definition of Nympha
1. n. Same as Nymph, 3.
Definition of Nympha
1. Noun. (entomology) A nymph. ¹
2. Noun. (context: anatomy now rare) Each of the labia minora. ¹
3. Noun. Each of a pair of processes in certain bivalves, to which the ends of the external ligament are attached. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Nympha
1. a fold of the vulva [n -PHAE]
Medical Definition of Nympha
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Origin: L. See Nymph a goddess.
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Nympha
Literary usage of Nympha
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Catalogue of Colubrine Snakes in the Collection of the British Museum by Albert Carl Ludwig Gotthilf Günther (1858)
"36,37- Coluber nympha, Daud. Rept. vi. p. 244. ... nympha, Dum. Sf Bibr. p. 450.
Scales in thirteen rows. Light brown, with a dorsal series of large round ..."
2. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum by Richard Bowdler Sharpe, British Museum (Natural History). Dept. of Zoology (1892)
"... nympha, Martens, JfO 1866, p. 18. Adult. Head rich ultramarine, inclining to
cobalt on the nape ; ear-coverts and upper part of the back and scapulars ..."
3. Dictionary of Painters and Engravers: Biographical and Critical by Michael Bryan (1886)
"He executed a series of engravings of nympha after Angelica Kauffmann, which were
published in London in 1784. He also engraved some portraits. ..."
4. Dictionnaire étymologique Latin by Michel Bréal, Anatole Bailly (1885)
"nucía. nympha, ae (f.), \« nymphe; 2° jeune fille ou jeune femme. Mot emprunté :
grec vu^-^r,. V. nubo. Au lieu de nympha, on trouve aussi lympha. ..."
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