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SEA NYMPH

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Meaning:

(Greek mythology) a water nymph who was the daughter of Oceanus or Nereus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("sea nymph" is a kind of...):

water nymph ((Greek mythology) any nymph of the water)

Domain category:

Greek mythology (the mythology of the ancient Greeks)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sea nymph"):

Calypso ((Greek mythology) the sea nymph who detained Odysseus for seven years)

Nereid ((Greek mythology) any of the 50 sea nymphs who were daughters of the sea god Nereus)

Oceanid ((Greek mythology) sea nymph who was a daughter of Oceanus and Tethys)

Siren (a sea nymph (part woman and part bird) supposed to lure sailors to destruction on the rocks where the nymphs lived)

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