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Heliconian, a.|hɛlɪˈkəʊnɪən|
[In sense 1, f. L. Helicōni-us = Gr. Ἑλικώνιος, f. Ἑλικών (see prec. and -ian). In sense 2, f. mod.L. Helicōnia, a genus of butterflies.]
1. Pertaining to Helicon, or to the Muses.
1557N. Grimalde in Tottell's Misc. (Arb.) 107 Th Heliconian Nymphs. 1590Spenser F.Q. ii. xii. 31 Th' Heliconian maides. 1635J. Taylor (Water P.) Life T. Parr Wks. (1872) 17 He..ne'er did taste the Heliconian cup. 1779Cowper Let. to J. Hill 14 Nov., Your approbation of my last Heliconian present encourages me to send you another. 1868Tennyson Lucretius 224 Shutting reasons up in rhythm, Or Heliconian honey in living words, To make a truth less harsh.
2. Entom. Belonging to the genus Heliconia, or family Heliconiidæ of butterflies. Also Helicoˈnideous, ˈHeliconine, ˈHeloconoid adjs.
1826Kirby & Sp. Entomol. (1828) III. xxxv. 645 In several of the Heliconian butterflies the greater part of both wings is transparent. 1867A. R. Wallace Nat. Select. iii. (1871) 85 Every species of Napeogenes mimics some other Heliconideous butterfly. 1887― in Fortn. Rev. Sept. 355 The immense variety of the Heliconoid butterflies. |