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Sylph
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828
Part of speech: noun (n.)
1. An imaginary being inhabiting the air; a fairy.
2. Fig.: A slender, graceful woman.
3. 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).