n.
 (pl. fairies)
   - a small imaginary being of human form that has magical powers.
 - a Central and South American hummingbird with a green back and long tail. 
[Genus Heliothryx: two species.]
 - informal, derogatory a male homosexual.
 
 
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  Etymology
  ME (denoting fairyland): from OFr. faerie, from fae ‘a fairy’, from L. fata ‘the Fates’, pl. of fatum (see fate).