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Noun
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(n)
fairy
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faery
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faerie
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fay
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sprite
(a small being, human in form, playful and having magical powers)
direct hyponym
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full hyponym
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(n)
elf
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hob
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gremlin
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pixie
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pixy
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brownie
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imp
((folklore) fairies that are somewhat mischievous)
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(n)
fairy godmother
(a female character in some fairy stories who has magical powers and can bring unexpected good fortune to the hero or heroine)
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(n)
gnome
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dwarf
(a legendary creature resembling a tiny old man; lives in the depths of the earth and guards buried treasure)
S:
(n)
Morgan le Fay
((Arthurian legend) a wicked enchantress who was the half sister and enemy of King Arthur)
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(n)
Puck
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Robin Goodfellow
(a mischievous sprite of English folklore)
S:
(n)
Oberson
((Middle Ages) the king of the fairies and husband of Titania in medieval folklore)
S:
(n)
Titania
((Middle Ages) the queen of the fairies in medieval folklore)
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(n)
tooth fairy
(a fairy that is said to leave money at night under a child's pillow to compensate for a baby tooth falling out)
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(n)
water sprite
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water nymph
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water spirit
(a fairy that inhabits water)
direct hypernym
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inherited hypernym
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sister term
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(n)
spiritual being
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supernatural being
(an incorporeal being believed to have powers to affect the course of human events)
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(n)
belief
(any cognitive content held as true)
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(n)
content
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cognitive content
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mental object
(the sum or range of what has been perceived, discovered, or learned)
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(n)
cognition
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knowledge
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noesis
(the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning)
S:
(n)
psychological feature
(a feature of the mental life of a living organism)
S:
(n)
abstraction
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abstract entity
(a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples)
S:
(n)
entity
(that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving))
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(n)
fairyland
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faerie
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faery
(the enchanted realm of fairies)