water sprite Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun aquatic fern of tropical America often used in aquariums
    Ceratopteris pteridioides; floating fern.
  2. noun a fairy that inhabits water
    water nymph; water spirit.

WordNet


Wa"ter sprite`
Definitions
  1. A sprite, or spirit, imagined as inhabiting the water. J. R. Drake.

Webster 1913