Helicon

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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.
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           From Helicon's harmonious springs
           A thousand rills their mazy progress take. --Gray.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

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