ˈsaˌfō noun
Etymology: New Latin, after Sappho fl ab 600 B.C. Greek lyric poetess, from Latin, from Greek Sapphō
1. capitalized : a genus of hummingbirds comprising a single So. American showy bird ( S. sparganura ) with a forked tail
2. also sappho comet -s usually capitalized S : any hummingbird of the genus Sappho