Heliconian

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Heliconian \Hel`i*co"ni*an\, a. [L. Heliconius.]
     1. Of or pertaining to Helicon. "Heliconian honey."
        --Tennyson.
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     2. (Zool.) Like or pertaining to the butterflies of the genus


        {Heliconius}.
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