| NOUN | person | sea nymph | (Greek mythology) a water nymph who was the daughter of Oceanus or Nereus |
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| Meaning | (Greek mythology) a water nymph who was the daughter of Oceanus or Nereus. | |
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| Category | Greek mythology | The mythology of the ancient Greeks |
| Narrower | 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 / sailors to destruction on the rocks where the nymphs lived | |
| Broader | water nymph | (Greek mythology) any nymph of the water |
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