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Water nymph

noun

Submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers; of fresh or brackish water. Synonym: naiad.

A water lily having large leaves and showy fragrant flowers that float on the water; of temperate and tropical regions. Synonyms: fragrant water lily, Nymphaea odorata, pond lily.

(Greek mythology) any nymph of the water.

A fairy that inhabits water. Synonyms: water spirit, water sprite.

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"Water nymph" Quotes from Famous Books

... approaching Lorelei Berg, I did not go below, and so enjoyed some of the finest scenery on the Rhine alone. The mountains approach each other at this point, and the Lorelei rock rises up for four hundred and forty feet from the water. This is the haunt of the water nymph Lorelei, whose song charmed the ear of the boatman while his bark was dashed to pieces on the rocks below. It is also celebrated for its remarkable echo. As we passed between the rocks, a guard, who has a little house on the roadside, blew a flourish on his bugle, ...

— Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume V (of X) • Various

... was a water nymph who used to sit on a high rock called the Ley or Lei (pronounced like our word LIE) in the Rhine, and lure boatmen to destruction in a furious rapid which marred the channel at that spot. She so bewitched them with her plaintive songs and her wonderful beauty that they forgot ...

— Innocents abroad • Mark Twain

... The water nymph had been away gathering sticks; she had to empty her boat and I waited a little impatiently, a little ruefully. The boat was big, clumsy and leaky, but the girl was eloquent and eager to persuade ...

— The Letters of "Norah" on her Tour Through Ireland • Margaret Dixon McDougall