sappho

2 definitions found

sappho - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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]

sappho - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Sappho
      n 1: the Greek lyric poet of Lesbos; much admired although only
           fragments of her poetry have been preserved (6th century
           BC)