noun the pupa of an insect; a chrysalis.
2. nymph ·noun a lovely young girl; a maiden; a damsel.
3. nymph ·noun a goddess of the mountains, forests, meadows, or waters.
4. nymph ·noun any one of a subfamily (najades) of butterflies including the purples, the fritillaries, the peacock butterfly, ·etc.;
called also naiad.