Nymph

(nĭmf), n. [Lat. nympha, Gr. νύμφη, Fr. nymphe, It. & Sp. ninfa.] 1. (Myth.) 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.

n. [Lat. nympha, Gr. νυμφη. See supra.] (Entom.) An insect in the pupa state; a chrysalis, or aurelia.