sprite : Idioms & Phrases
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red sprites
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noun atmospheric electricity (lasting 10 msec) appearing as globular flashes of red (pink to blood-red) light rising to heights of 60 miles (sometimes seen together with elves)
sprites.
WordNet
water sprite
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noun aquatic fern of tropical America often used in aquariums
Ceratopteris pteridioides; floating fern.
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noun a fairy that inhabits water
water nymph; water spirit.
WordNet
Wa"ter sprite`
Definitions
A sprite, or spirit, imagined as inhabiting the water. J. R. Drake.