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HELICON

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does helicon mean? 

HELICON (noun)
  The noun HELICON has 1 sense:

1. a tuba that coils over the shoulder of the musicianplay

  Familiarity information: HELICON used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


HELICON (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A tuba that coils over the shoulder of the musician

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

bombardon; helicon

Hypernyms ("helicon" is a kind of...):

bass horn; sousaphone; tuba (the lowest brass wind instrument)


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