{ Ny, Nye (?) }, a. & adv. Nigh. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Ny"as (?), n. See Nias.
||Nyc`ta*lo"pi*a (?), n. [L. nyctalopia, fr. nyctalops a nyctalops, Gr.
||&?;. Gr. &?; meant, a person affected either with day blindness or
||with night blindness, and in the former case was derived fr. &?;,
||&?;, night + &?;, &?;, the eye; in the latter, fr. &?; + &?; blind +
||&?;.] (Med.) (a) A disease of the eye, in consequence of which the
||patient can see well in a faint light or at twilight, but is unable
||to see during the day or in a strong light; day blindness. (b) See
||Moonblink.
Some writers (as Quain) use the word in the opposite sense, night
blindness. See Hemeralopia.
Nyc"ta*lops (?), n. [L., from Gr. &?;.] One afflicted with nyctalopia.
Nyc"ta*lo`py (?), n. Same as Nyctalopia.
Nyc*the"me*ron (?), n. [Gr. &?;; &?;, &?;, night + &?; day.] The
natural day and night, or space of twenty-four hours.
Nyc"ti*bune (?), n. (Zoöl.) A South American bird of the genus
Nyctibius, allied to the goatsuckers.
Nyc`ti*trop"ic (?), a. [From Gr. &?;, &?;, night + &?; turning.] (Bot.)
Turning or bending at night into special positions.
Nyctitropic movements of plants usually consist in a folding or
drooping of the leaves, the advantage being in lessening the radiation
of heat.
Nyc"to*phile (?), n. [Gr. &?;, &?;, night + &?; to love.] (Zoöl.) Any
Australian bat of the genus Nyctophilus, having a very simple nasal
appendage.
Nye (?), n. [Prob. fr. F. nid nest, brood, L. nidus nest. See Nest, and
cf. Eye brood, Nide.] A brood or flock of pheasants.
||Ny*en"tek (?), n. (Zoöl.) A carnivorous mammal (Helictis moscatus, or
||H. orientalis), native of Eastern Asia and the Indies. It has a
||dorsal white stripe, and another one across the shoulders. It has a
||strong musky odor.
{ Nyl"ghau, Nyl"gau } (?), n. [Hind. & Per. nlgw, prop., a blue cow;
Per. nl blue + gw cow. See Lilac, and Cow the animal.] (Zoöl.) A large
Asiatic antelope (Boselaphus, or Portax, tragocamelus), found in
Northern India. It has short horns, a black mane, and a bunch of long
hair on the throat. The general color is grayish brown. [Written also
neelghau, nilgau, and nylghaie.]
Nymph (?), n. [L. nympha nymph, bride, young woman, Gr. &?;: cf. F.
nymphe. Cf. Nuptial.]
1. (Class. Myth.) A goddess of the mountains, forests, meadows, or
waters.
Where were ye, nymphs, when the remorseless deep Closed o'er the
head of your loved Lycidas ?
Milton.