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Found 1 hit - Term: fairy circles, Database: *, Strategy: prefix
[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
fairy \fair"y\, a.
   1. of or pertaining to fairies.
      1913 webster

   2. given by fairies; as, fairy money. --dryden.
      1913 webster

   fairy bird zool., the euoropean little tern sterna
      minuta; -- called also sea swallow, and hooded tern.
      

   fairy bluebird. zool. see under bluebird.

   fairy martin zool., 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 zool., 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
see also:
fairy bird sterna minuta sea swallow hooded tern fairy bluebird bluebird 
fairy martin hirrundo ariel fairy rings fairy circles marasmius oreades 
fairy shrimp chirocephalus diaphanus fairy stone 

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Fairy, definition of term: Fairy
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Fairy Ring, definition of term: Fairy Ring
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