HELICON

helicon, bombardon

(noun) a tuba that coils over the shoulder of the musician

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Proper noun

Helicon

A mountain of Boeotia sacred to Apollo and the Muses.

Anagrams

• Nichole, choline

Etymology

Noun

helicon (plural helicons)

(musical instrument) A large tuba whose coils fit around the player's shoulders.

Coordinate terms: sousaphone, tuba

(physics) A low-frequency electromagnetic wave observed in various plasmas.

Anagrams

• Nichole, choline

Source: Wiktionary

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Hel"i*con, n. Etym: [L., fr. Gr.

Definition: A mountain in Boeotia, 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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