nymph
n. கொல்லிப்பாவை, அரமகள், நீர்நங்கை, வன தெய்வம். எழில் மடமாது, முட்டைப்புழுவின் கூடு.
Nymph, n. Etym: [L. nympha nymph, bride, young woman, Gr. nymphe. Cf. Nuptial.] 1. (Class. Myth.) Defn: A goddess of the mountains, forests, meadows, or waters. Where were ye, nymphs, when the remorseless deep Closed o'er the head of your loved Lycidas Milton. 2. Hence: A lovely young girl; a maiden; a damsel. Nymph, in thy orisons Be all my sins remembered. Shak. 3. (Zoöl.) Defn: The pupa of an insect; a chrysalis. 4. (Zoöl.) Defn: Any one of a subfamily (Najades) of butterflies including the purples, the fritillaries, the peacock butterfly, etc.; -- called also naiad.