1. (n.) A slender, graceful young woman.
2. (n.) An imaginary being inhabiting the air; a fairy.
3. (n.) 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).
Thesaurus Entries
Ariel, Befind, Corrigan, Finnbeara, Mab, Oberon, Titania, banshee, brownie, cluricaune, dwarf, elemental, elemental spirit, elf, fairy, fairy queen, fay, gnome, goblin, gremlin, hob, imp, kobold, leprechaun, ouphe, peri, pixie, pooka, puca, pwca, salamander, sprite, sylphid, undine
