io: Meaning and Definition of

i•o

1. a small hawk, Buteo solitarius, having two plumage phases and occurring only on the island of Hawaii, where it is a rare species and the only living indigenous bird of prey. Also called

I•o

1. a woman who, being loved by Zeus, was transformed into a white heifer and was, at the wish of Hera, first guarded by Argus and later pursued through the world by a gadfly until she reached Egypt, where she resumed her true shape: identified by the Egyptians with Isis.
2. a large volcanically active moon of the planet Jupiter.

I•o

1. See

Io

1. ionium.

Io.

1. Iowa.

I/O

1. inboard-outboard.
2. input/output.

I.O.

1. indirect object.