‖ nymphon Zool.
(ˈnɪmfɒn)
[a. Gr. νυµϕών bride-chamber, f. νύµϕη bride, nymph n.]
A species of sea-spider.
| 1855 Orr's Circ. Sci., Org. Nat. II. 317 Podosomata..are all marine; some of them, like the Nymphon, being found amongst stones and sea-weeds on the beach. 1855 Kingsley Glaucus (1878) 80 A little black sea-spider, a Nymphon, who..carries his needful stomach in long branches, packed inside his legs. |