water sprite

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

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}]

from The 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]

from 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

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