Usually means: Young nature spirit, usually female.
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General (25 matching dictionaries)
  1. nymph: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. nymph: Merriam-Webster
  3. nymph: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. nymph: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. nymph: Collins English Dictionary
  6. nymph: Vocabulary.com
  7. Nymph, nymph, nymph, nymph: Wordnik
  8. nymph: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. nymph: Wiktionary
  10. nymph: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. nymph: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. nymph: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. nymph: Dictionary.com
  14. nymph: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. Nymph (Dungeons & Dragons), Nymph (Greek mythology), Nymph (biology), Nymph (disambiguation), Nymph, The Nymph: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Nymph/, Nymph: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. nymph: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. nymph: Rhymezone
  19. Nymph/, nymph: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. nymph: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. nymph: FreeDictionary.org
  22. nymph: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. nymph: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. nymph-: A Cross Reference of Latin and Greek Elements

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Nymph (Greek mythology), nymph: Encyclopedia

Medicine (8 matching dictionaries)
  1. nymph: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Nymph: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
  4. Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  5. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  6. Nymph (Greek mythology), nymph, nymph(o)-: Medical dictionary
  7. Nymph: Drug Medical Dictionary
  8. Nymph: Gray's Anatomy (1918)

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Brilliant Dream Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. Glossary of Unusual Sexual Practices (No longer online)

Science (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. DRAGONFLY TERMS (No longer online)
  2. Nymph: HYPP Zoology
  3. Biological Control (No longer online)
  4. Glossary of Entomology (No longer online)
  5. nymph: Natural History Terms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. nymph: Green’s Dictionary of Slang

Sports (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Nymph: Sports Definitions

(Note: See nymphal as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (nymph)

noun:  (Greek mythology, Roman mythology) Any female nature spirit associated with water, forests, grotto, wind, etc.
noun:  A young girl, especially one who is attractive, beautiful or graceful.
noun:  (entomology) The larva of certain insects.
noun:  (entomology) Any of various butterflies of the family Nymphalidae.
verb:  (fishing) To fish using a nymph larva as bait.

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