A sylph (also called sylphid) is an air spirit stemming from the 16th-century works of Paracelsus, who describes sylphs as (invisible) beings of the air... 16 KB (2,058 words) - 05:52, 29 March 2024 |
The Sylph is a 1778 novel by Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire. It was her second printed work and was published anonymously under the name 'A... 3 KB (386 words) - 14:59, 4 August 2023 |
Look up sylph or sylphe in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A sylph is a mythological creature in western tradition. Sylph may also refer to: The hummingbird... 1 KB (184 words) - 21:52, 30 March 2023 |
USS Sylph may refer to the following ships of the United States Navy: USS Sylph (1813) was launched on 18 August 1813 and sold in 1824 USS Sylph (1831)... 642 bytes (139 words) - 14:23, 10 November 2021 |
 | USS Sylph (PY-12), briefly YP-71, was a yacht in commission in the United States Navy as a patrol yacht from 1940 to 1946. Intrepid (YP-71), a yacht built... 6 KB (400 words) - 14:29, 27 April 2023 |
 | The long-tailed sylph (Aglaiocercus kingii) is a species of hummingbird in the "coquettes", tribe Lesbiini of subfamily Lesbiinae. It is found in Bolivia... 9 KB (1,184 words) - 00:05, 1 January 2024 |
 | The violet-tailed sylph (Aglaiocercus coelestis) is a species of hummingbird in the "coquettes", tribe Lesbiini of subfamily Lesbiinae. It is found in... 8 KB (1,002 words) - 20:30, 20 September 2023 |
Sylph was a schooner in the United States Navy during the War of 1812. Built to strengthen Commodore Isaac Chauncey's squadron on Lake Ontario, Sylph... 5 KB (515 words) - 10:19, 25 July 2023 |
Several ships have been named Sylph, for the Sylph, a mythological creature in western tradition. Sylph (1791 ship) was launched at Whitby. She made one... 2 KB (276 words) - 01:16, 5 April 2023 |
 | The Venezuelan sylph (Aglaiocercus berlepschi) is an Endangered species of hummingbird in the "coquettes", tribe Lesbiini of subfamily Lesbiinae. It is... 7 KB (786 words) - 23:14, 20 December 2023 |