I. əˈpä(ˌ)lō noun
( -s )
Usage: usually capitalized
Etymology: after Apollo, Graeco-Roman god of manly beauty, of poetry and music, and of the wisdom of oracles, from Latin, from Greek Apollōn
1. : a man of graceful beauty especially when young
2. or apollo butterfly
[ apollo, New Latin, specific epithet of Parnassius apollo, after Apollo, the god]
: a European alpine butterfly ( Parnassius apollo ), largely white with eyelike markings ; also : a related but darker butterfly ( P. mnemosyne )
II. noun
Usage: usually capitalized, often attributive
Etymology: from Apollo , an asteroid of this class
: any of a class of asteroids having orbits that extend from inside to beyond Earth's orbit — compare amor herein