sappho Meaning, Definition & Usage

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

WordNet

Sap"pho noun
Etymology
See Sapphic.
Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) 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.

Webster 1913