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HELICONIAN
Hel`i*co"ni*an, a. Etym: [L. Heliconius.]
1. Of or pertaining to Helicon. "Heliconian honey." Tennyson.
2. (Zoöl.)
Definition: Like or pertaining to the butterflies of the genus Heliconius.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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CATCH
(verb) grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of; “did you catch that allusion?”; “We caught something of his theory in the lecture”; “don’t catch your meaning”; “did you get it?”; “She didn’t get the joke”; “I just don’t get him”
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