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4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Thecla \Thec"la\, n. Any one of many species of small delicately colored butterflies belonging to {Thecla} and allied genera; -- called also {hairstreak}, and {elfin}. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Elfin \Elf"in\ (-[i^]n), a. Relating to elves. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Elfin \Elf"in\, n. A little elf or urchin. --Shenstone. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: elfin adj 1: suggestive of an elf in strangeness and otherworldliness; "thunderbolts quivered with elfin flares of heat lightning"; "the fey quality was there the ability to see the moon at midday"- John Mason Brown [syn: {fey}] 2: small and delicate; "she was an elfin creature--graceful and delicate"; "obsessed by things elfin and small" [syn: {elflike}] 3: relating to or made or done by or as if by an elf; "elfin bells"; "all the little creatures joined in the elfin dance" 4: usually goodnaturedly mischievous; "perpetrated a practical joke with elfin delight"; "elvish tricks" [syn: {elfish}, {elvish}]
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