sea nymph - (Greek mythology) a water nymph who was the daughter of Oceanus or NereusCalypso - (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 to destruction on the rocks where the nymphs lived; "Odysseus ordered his crew to plug their ears so they would not hear the Siren's fatal song" |