sylphs

noun

  1. 1

    An invisible being of the air.

  2. 2

    The elemental being of air, usually female.

  3. 3

    (by extension) A slender woman or girl, usually graceful and sometimes with the implication of sublime station over everyday people.

  4. 4

    Any of the mainly dark green and blue hummingbirds (genus Aglaiocercus), the male of which has a long forked tail.

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