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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 pix·ie /ˈpɪksi/
 小仙女;小精靈

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Pix·y, Pix·ie  n.; pl. Pixies
 1. An old English name for a fairy; an elf. [Written also picksy.]
 2. Bot. A low creeping evergreen plant (Pyxidanthera barbulata), with mosslike leaves and little white blossoms, found in New Jersey and southward, where it flowers in earliest spring.
 Pixy ring, a fairy ring or circle. [Prov. Eng.]
 Pixy stool Bot., a toadstool or mushroom. [Prov. Eng.]
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 pixie
      n 1: (folklore) fairies that are somewhat mischievous [syn: elf,
            hob, gremlin, pixy, brownie, imp]
      2: creeping evergreen shrub having narrow overlapping leaves
         and early white star-shaped flowers; of the pine barrens
         of New Jersey and the Carolinas [syn: pyxie, pixy, Pyxidanthera
          barbulata]