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Word: Sylph
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
mid 17th century: from modern Latin sylphes, sylphi and the German plural Sylphen, perhaps based on Latin sylvestris ‘of the woods’ + nympha ‘nymph’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
sɪlf
Dialects: British English
Definition:
an imaginary spirit of the air.
Short Definition:imaginary spirit of air
Definition:
a mainly dark green and blue hummingbird, the male of which has a long forked tail.
Short Definition:mainly dark green and blue hummingbird, male
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