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nympha
1. A goddess of the mountains, forests, meadows, or waters.
2. A lovely young girl; a maiden; a damsel.
3. The pupa of an insect; a chrysalis.
4. Any one of a subfamily (Najades) of butterflies including the purples, the fritillaries, the peacock butterfly, etc.
5. Two folds of mucous membrane, within the labia, at the opening of the vulva.
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