nymph

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Hidden in plain sight, an ambush bug nymph waits motionless inside a flower in Michigan.

From BBC • Mar. 25, 2026

Echo is presumably the tragic nymph of mythology who was cursed by Hera to be little more than a voice that could only repeat the last words spoken to her.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 20, 2026

The Pleiades myth describes the seven daughters of the titan Atlas and nymph Pleione.

From Science Daily • May 21, 2024

The cicada nymph will fall to the ground, then dig underground to get to the roots of a tree.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 1, 2024

In the middle of the glade stood the weirdest trio I’d ever seen: Juniper the tree nymph, Nico di Angelo, and a very old, very fat satyr.

From "The Last Olympian" by Rick Riordan