Defn: 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).
SYLPHID
Sylph"id, n. Etym: [F. sylphide, fem. See Sylph.]
Defn: A little sylph; a young or diminutive sylph. "The place of the sylphid queen." J. R. Drake. Ye sylphs and sylphids, to your chief give ear, Fays, fairies, genii, elves, and demons, hear. Pope.
SYLPHINE
Sylph"ine, a.
Defn: Like a sylph.
SYLPHISH
Sylph"ish, a.
Defn: Sylphlike. Carlyle.
SYLPHLIKE
Sylph"like`, a.
Defn: Like a sylph; airy; graceful.
Sometimes a dance . . . Displayed some sylphlike figures in its maze.
Byron.
SYLVA
Syl"va, n.; pl. Sylvæ. Etym: [L. sylva, better silva, a wood. See
Silva.] (Bot.)