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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 Hip·po·crene /ˈhɪpəˌkrin, ˌhɪpəˈkrini/
 Helicon山之靈泉,詩的靈感

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Hip·po·crene n.  A fountain on Mount Helicon in Bœotia, fabled to have burst forth when the ground was struck by the hoof of Pegasus. Also, its waters, which were supposed to impart poetic inspiration.
    Nor maddening draughts of Hippocrene.   --Longfellow.
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