undine

In the occult philosophy of Paracelsus, a being having water as its element.

An apparatus for irrigating the eye in the operation of extracting cataract.

A water-spirit of the female sex, resembling in character the sylphs or spirits of the air, and corresponding in some measure to the naiads of classical mythology. According to Paracelsus, when an undine married a mortal and bore a child she received a soul.

One of a class of fabled female water spirits who might receive a human soul by intermarrying with a mortal.

A female water-sprite or nymph.

The elemental being of water.

any of various female water spirits