HARLEQUIN

An Illustrated Encyclopedic Medical Dictionary · 1893 · p. 11

n. Ha'rre-ki"n. Fr, arlequin, h. Ger., Harlekin. A buffoon of fantastic appearance. See H. FCETUS. African h. -flower. The genus Sparaxis. [B, 275 (o, 24).] [s. 286]