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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Helicon \Hel"i*con\ (h[e^]l"[i^]*k[o^]n), prop. n. [L., fr. Gr. "Elikw'n.] A mountain in B[oe]otia, in Greece, supposed by the Greeks to be the residence of Apollo and the Muses.
From Helicon's harmonious springs A thousand rills their mazy progress take. --Gray.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
helicon
noun: a tuba that coils over the shoulder of the musician [syn: {bombardon}]
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