'Sappho' definitions:

Definition of 'Sappho'

From: WordNet
noun
The Greek lyric poet of Lesbos; much admired although only fragments of her poetry have been preserved (6th century BC)

Definition of 'Sappho'

From: 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]