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sea fairy

sea fairy noun: a type of fairy, typically female and beautiful, that inhabits the oceans, such as an undine or siren.

Noun

sea fairy (plural sea fairies)

  1. A type of fairy, typically female and beautiful, that inhabits the oceans, such as an undine or siren.
    • In the island of Lewis, librations [sic] were offered, to "Shoney," a sea fairy, in order to bring seaweed, this being a folk-memory of an ancient sea god or goddess, to whom offerings of ale were made by the Vikings at Halloween.1913 December 20, The Fitzroy City Press, Melbourne, page 4, column 5

Forms of sea fairy

pluralsea fairies

Questions about sea fairy

What does sea fairy mean?
Sea fairy means a type of fairy, typically female and beautiful, that inhabits the oceans, such as an undine or siren.
What part of speech is sea fairy?
Sea fairy is a noun.
What is the plural of sea fairy?
The plural of sea fairy is sea fairies.

Words near sea fairy in the dictionary

  1. sea elephants
  2. sea emperor
  3. sea emperors
  4. Sea Explorer
  5. sea fairies
  6. sea fairy
  7. sea fan
  8. sea fans
  9. sea feather
  10. sea feathers
  11. sea fennel

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