fairy : Idioms & Phrases

• noun a fairy that tends to cause harm
  

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• the circles formed in grassy lawns by certain fungi (as Marasmius Oreades), formerly supposed to be caused by fairies in their midnight dances.

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• noun very small Argentine armadillo with pale silky hair and pink plates on head and neck
  pichiciego; Chlamyphorus truncatus; chlamyphore; pichiciago.
  

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• noun tall leafy European biennial or perennial having spectacular clusters of large tubular pink-purple flowers; leaves yield drug digitalis and are poisonous to livestock
  Digitalis purpurea; fingerroot; fingerflower; common foxglove; finger-flower; finger-root.
  

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• (Zoöl.), the Euoropean little tern (Sterna minuta); called also sea swallow, and hooded tern.

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• noun fruit-eating mostly brilliant blue songbird of the East Indies
  bluebird.
  

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• . (Zoöl.) See under Bluebird.

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• noun a ring of fungi marking the periphery of the perennial underground growth of the mycelium
  fairy circle.
  

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• noun a scarlet European fungus with cup-shaped ascocarp
  Peziza coccinea; blood cup.
  
• noun miterwort of northeastern North America usually with two opposite leaves on erect flowering stems that terminate in erect racemes of white flowers
  Mitella diphylla.
  

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• noun a generous benefactor
  
• noun 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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• noun any of several plants of the genus Calochortus having egg-shaped flowers
  globe lily.
  

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• noun a small colored light used for decoration (especially at Christmas)
  

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• (Zoöl.), a European swallow (Hirrundo ariel) that builds flask-shaped nests of mud on overhanging cliffs.

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• an imaginary being supposed to inhabit mines, etc. German folklore tells of two species; one fierce and malevolent, the other gentle, See Kobold.

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• noun a ring of fungi marking the periphery of the perennial underground growth of the mycelium
  fairy circle.
  

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• noun small freshwater branchiopod having a transparent body with many appendages; swims on its back
  

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• (Zoöl.), a European fresh-water phyllopod crustacean (Chirocephalus diaphanus); so called from its delicate colors, transparency, and graceful motions. The name is sometimes applied to similar American species.

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• (Paleon.), an echinite.

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• noun a story about fairies; told to amuse children
  fairytale; fairy story.
  
• noun an interesting but highly implausible story; often told as an excuse
  fairytale; cock-and-bull story; fairy story; song and dance.
  

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• noun fancy domestic pigeon having blue-and-white plumage and heavily muffed feet
  

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• noun a story about fairies; told to amuse children
  fairytale; fairy story.
  
• noun an interesting but highly implausible story; often told as an excuse
  fairytale; cock-and-bull story; fairy story; song and dance.
  

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• noun mushroom that grows in a fairy ring
  Marasmius oreades.
  

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• noun rare north temperate bog orchid bearing a solitary white to pink flower marked with purple at the tip of an erect reddish stalk above 1 basal leaf
  calypso; Calypso bulbosa.
  

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• noun globe lily having open branched clusters of clear yellow egg-shaped flowers; northern California
  Calochortus amabilis; yellow globe lily.
  

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• noun 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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• noun globe lily having open branched clusters of egg-shaped white flowers; southern California
  Calochortus albus; white globe lily.
  

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