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‖ nympha|ˈnɪmfə|
Pl. nymphæ |ˈnɪmfiː|; 7 nympha's.
[L., a. Gr. νύµϕη bride, nymph.]
1. = nymph n. 3.
1601Holland Pliny I. 318 The rest of the multitude, when they begin to take some shape, are called Nymphæ. 1670Phil. Trans. V. 2100 All mine being of a late Hatch, and none of them yet turned into Nympha's (which is the word of Art for the Aurelia of a Bee). 1740Cheyne Regimen 155 The different Shapes of seminal Animalculs, Eggs, Nymphæ and young Insects. 1816Kirby & Sp. Entomol. iii. (1818) I. 66 To these Aristotle originally gave the name of nymphæ. 1875Houghton Brit. Insects 56 When the nympha is ready to undergo its transformation, it creeps up the stem of some water plant.
attrib.1713Derham Phys.-Theol. iv. xiv. (1714) 251 Sufficient Food and Nourishment in all their Nympha-State, in which they need Food. 1816Kirby & Sp. Entomol. xvi. (1818) II. 16 They arrived at their full growth, and threw off their nympha-state by casting their outward skin.
2. pl. Anat. The labia minora of the vulva, situated within the labia majora.
1693tr. Blancard's Phys. Dict. (ed. 2), Nymphæ, little pieces of Flesh in a Woman's Secrets. 1754Smellie Midwifery (1764) I. 92 From the lower part of the Clitoris the Nymphæ rising spread outwards and downwards. 1843R. J. Graves Clin. Med. xxvi. 329 The internal wall of the nymphæ. 1863tr. Waitz' Introd. Anthropol. I. 106 Adams reports that in Dahomey the nymphæ are artificially elongated.
3. pl. Conch. (See quot.)
1835–6Todd's Cycl. Anat. I. 710/1 There are other parts..destined for the implantation of the ligament when it is external; to these parts the name of nymphæ is given. These form two callosities more or less prominent, which are seen along the posterior and superior edge of the shell. |