sylph
noun
[ sɪlf ]
• an imaginary spirit of the air.
• a mainly dark green and blue hummingbird, the male of which has a long forked tail.
Origin:
mid 17th century: from modern Latin sylphes, sylphi and the German plural Sylphen, perhaps based on Latin sylvestris ‘of the woods’ + nympha ‘nymph’.
