Sylph

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1. Noun

An imaginary being inhabiting the air; a fairy.

2. Noun

Fig.: A slender, graceful woman.

3. Noun

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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