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

 hel·i·con /ˈhɛləˌkɑn, ɪkən/
 赫利孔山,詩思的源泉,大型管樂器之一種

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Hel·i·con prop. n.  A mountain in Bœotia, 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.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 helicon
      n : a tuba that coils over the shoulder of the musician [syn: bombardon]