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sappho


  2  definitions  found 
 
  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  1.6  [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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