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Sappho|ˈsæfəʊ|
[Applications of the name of the poetess (see Sapphic).]
1. Ornith. In mod.L. the name of a genus of humming-birds. Hence, a bird of this genus; = comet n. 3; usually Sappho comet.
1843Penny Cycl. XXV. 272/1 [Humming-Birds] 11th Race. The Sapphos. 1861Gould Trochilidæ III. Pl. 174 Cometes sparganurus. The Sappho Comet. 1862[see comet 3].
2. Astr. The name of the eightieth asteroid.
1875Proctor in Encycl. Brit. II. 807/2 Sappho [discovered] 1864, May 3. |