nymph

nymph is a   Noun

Definition:

[1] 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] The pupa of an insect; a chrysalis.

[4] Any one of a subfamily (Najades) of butterflies including the purples, the fritillaries, the peacock butterfly, etc.; -- called also naiad.

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