sappho

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Noun

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Sap=pho

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun sappho has 1 sense

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

is a kind of

lesbian

poetess

Derived form adjective sapphic₁

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CIDE DICTIONARY

sappho, n. [See Sapphic.].

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]