: a sprite believed to inhabit or haunt water : water nymph
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Al, however, seemed partial to the kelpies, shape-shifting water sprites which most often appear in the form of a horse luring the unsuspecting to watery graves.—Patti Nickell, Boston Herald, 15 Feb. 2026