Definitions for nympha

nympha nym·pha

Spelling: [nim-fuh]
IPA: /ˈnɪm fə/

Nympha is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 16 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 75 anagrams from letters in nympha (ahmnpy).

Definitions for nympha

noun

  1. Anatomy. one of the inner labia of the vulva.
  2. nymph (def 4).

Origin of nympha

1595-1605; Latin nympha (see nymph)

Examples for nympha

nympha macrantha and Nodorata minor are also highly suitable.

Lamarck divides the pup of insects that undergo a metamorphosis into three kinds, which he names—Chrysalis, Mumia, and nympha.

Kyamos in the Greek language appears to signify, not only a bean, but also the fruit or bean of the nympha nelumbo.

Mosquitoes go through four phases: ovum, larva, nympha, complete insect.

Who does not love the beautiful water-lily, the nympha odorata of our ponds and lakes?

nympha odorata (sweet water-lily), a few in West Branch, 1853.

There are two species of the water-lily in the East—the one mentioned and the nympha cœrulea.

The plate-like leaves of the white variety (nympha tuberosa) already dot the surface, but the buds are not yet visible.

We find Phaer (see above, p. 11) using Fairy-queen, as a translation for nympha.

Thetis was styled nympha, merely because she was supposed to be water.

Word Value for nympha
Scrable

16

Words with friends

17

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