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wood nymph

  1. any of the nymphs who live in the woods; dryad
  2. any of certain South American hummingbirds
  3. any of several small U.S. noctuid moths (genus Euthisanotia) with white-and-brown forewings and yellow hind wings
  4. satyr (sense )

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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