What is the meaning of Sylph?

  • (n.) Fig.: A slender, graceful woman.
  • (n.) An imaginary being inhabiting the air; a fairy.
  • (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).
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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