calliope

• ⇰ The Muse that presides over eloquence and heroic poetry; mother of Orpheus, and chief of the nine Muses.
• ⇰ One of the asteroids. See Solar>.
• ⇰ A musical instrument consisting of a series of steam whistles, toned to the notes of the scale, and played by keys arranged like those of an organ. It is sometimes attached to steamboat boilers.
• ⇰ A beautiful species of humming bird (<spn>Stellula Calliope</spn>) of California and adjacent regions.