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ˈsea-nymph
1. Myth. A nymph (nymph n. 1) supposed to inhabit the sea; a Nereid.
1565Golding Ovid's Met. i. 353 The Seanymphes wondred under waves the townes and groves to see. 1601[see Nereides]. 1610Shakes. Temp. i. ii. 402 Sea-Nimphs hourly ring his knell. 1710W. King Heathen Gods & Heroes xxxix. (1722) 166 The Sea Nymphs were in great Numbers call'd Nereides. 1815Scott Ld. of Isles iii. xxviii, Hark! hears he not the sea-nymph speak Her anger in that thrilling shriek! 1871Palgrave Lyr. Poems 49 O Italy, mother of nations Like her own fair sea-nymph's brood, Who turn and rend their mother.
2. An antarctic petrel, Procellaria nereis.
1875J. H. Kidder Nat. Hist. Kerguelen Isl. i. 31. |