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nixie (1)
nix·ie [ níksee ] (plural nix·ies) or nix [ niks ] (plural nix·es)


noun 
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sprite: in Germanic mythology, a female water spirit that can appear in human form or as half-human, half-fish
[Early 19th century. < German Nixe, feminine of Nix]
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