sylph
sylph
[sɪlf]
noun
[sɪlf]
noun
- an imaginary spirit of the air
气精，气仙，空气精灵
■a slender woman or girl
身材苗条的女人 - a mainly dark green and blue hummingbird, the male of which has a long forked tail
长叉尾蜂鸟 - Genus Aglaiocercus (and Neolesbia), family Trochilidae: three species
长尾蜂鸟属和黑领鹎属，蜂鸟科: ３种
- mid 17th cent.: from modern Latin sylphes, sylphi and the German plural Sylphen, perhaps based on Latin sylvestris 'of the woods' + nympha 'nymph'
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