Sappho

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Sappho \Sap"pho\, n. [See {Sapphic}.] (Zool.)
     Any one of several species of brilliant South American
     humming birds of the genus {Sappho}, having very
     bright-colored and deeply forked tails; -- called also
     {firetail}.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Sappho
       n : the Greek lyric poet of Lesbos; much admired although only
           fragments of her poetry have been preserved (6th century
           BC)