† nymphineadj.
Entomology. Obsolete. rare.
= nymphal adj. 3.In quot. 1806: pupal.
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chrysaline1782
chrysalid1804
nymphine1806
chrysaloid1816
chrysalidian1851
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1806 J. G. Dalyell tr. F. Huber New Observ. Nat. Hist. Bees iv. 82 The worms [sc. bee larvae]..died before passing into their nymphine state.
1852 J. Richardson Arctic Searching Exped. 395 Two species of Perla and one of Nemoura [sc. genera of stoneflies] come up through the crevices of the ice... The cold renders them too weak to fly, though most of them have got rid of their nymphine investments before emerging from the ice.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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