water sprite

3 definitions found

water sprite - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Water sprite \Wa"ter sprite`\
     A sprite, or spirit, imagined as inhabiting the water. --J.
     R. Drake.
     [1913 Webster]

water sprite - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  water sprite
      n 1: aquatic fern of tropical America often used in aquariums
           [syn: floating fern, water sprite, Ceratopteris pteridioides
           ]
      2: a fairy that inhabits water [syn: water sprite, water   nymph
         , water spirit]

water sprite - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  26 Moby Thesaurus words for "water sprite":
     Davy, Davy Jones, Neptune, Nereid, Oceanid, Oceanus, Poseidon,
     Thetis, Triton, fresh-water nymph, kelpie, limniad, man fish,
     mermaid, merman, naiad, nix, nixie, ocean nymph, sea nymph,
     sea-maid, sea-maiden, siren, undine, water god, water spirit