adjective
- relating to or characteristic of a nymph (the juvenile stage of certain insects)
Usage: entomology
Examples
- The nymphal stage of dragonflies occurs underwater.
- Researchers studied the nymphal development of mayflies.
- The insect molts several times during its nymphal period.
- Nymphal grasshoppers lack fully developed wings.
- The nymphal form resembles the adult but is smaller.
- Scientists observed nymphal behavior in the laboratory.