SYLPH

n.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

An imaginary being inhabiting the air; a fairy.

2.
n.

Fig.: A slender, graceful woman.

3.
n.

Any one of several species of very brilliant South American humming birds, having a very long and deeply-forked tail; as, the blue-tailed sylph (Cynanthus cyanurus).


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