(Internet) A pseudonym used when posting messages.

Alternative form of -onym

plural of nym

(Greek mythology, Roman mythology) Any female nature spirit associated with water, forests, grotto, wind, etc. / A young girl, especially one who is attractive, beautiful or graceful.

plural of nympha

(entomology) A nymph. / (anatomy, now rare) Each of the labia minora. / Each of a pair of processes in certain bivalves, to which the ends of the external ligament are attached.

A stick insect, of the genus Heteropteryx, from the rainforests of south-east Asia

(botany) Originally, the European white water lily; later also, a species of the genus Nymphaea.

plural of nymphaeum

(Greek mythology) In Greek myth, a female tree spirit; a dryad. / Any of various pierid butterflies of the Asian genus Idea. / Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the African genus Sevenia.