Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Sappho"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Sappho \Sap"pho\, n. [See {Sapphic}.] (Zo["o]l.)
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}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
Sappho
n : the Greek lyric poet of Lesbos; much admired although only
fragments of her poetry have been preserved (6th century
BC) [syn: {Sappho}]
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