- sea swallow
- Fairy Fair"y, a.
1. Of or pertaining to fairies.
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2. Given by fairies; as, fairy money. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
{Fairy bird} (Zo["o]l.), the Euoropean little tern ({Sterna minuta}); -- called also {sea swallow}, and {hooded tern}.
{Fairy bluebird}. (Zo["o]l.) See under {Bluebird}.
{Fairy martin} (Zo["o]l.), a European swallow ({Hirrundo ariel}) that builds flask-shaped nests of mud on overhanging cliffs.
{Fairy rings} or {Fairy circles}, the circles formed in grassy lawns by certain fungi (as {Marasmius Oreades}), formerly supposed to be caused by fairies in their midnight dances; also, the mushrooms themselves. Such circles may have diameters larger than three meters.
{Fairy shrimp} (Zo["o]l.), 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.
{Fairy stone} (Paleon.), an echinite. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
