Sappho

·noun 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.

Sappho
Sapphō, ūs, f., = Σαπφώ, I a celebrated poetess , born at Mytilene , in the island of Lesbos , wh...

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.