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sylphs

The correct spelling is sylphs.

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noun

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The correct spelling is sylphs. An invisible being of the air.

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  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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