helops

[A centaur killed in battle by Pirithous; Gr. helos =a nail, a stud, and ops = the face.] Entom.: The typical genus of the family Helopidæ (q. v.). Helops caraboides is brown, with a common, is of a violet blue, and occurs in old pollard willows. the Moluccas, Helm in tho stachys dulcis is regarded bronze glo in certain lights. H. cærule us , also as slightly aperient. The young shoots are used as a potherb, like asparagus. IMG:content-1104.png:[blocks in formation] "I leap on board; no helmsman steers." Tennyson: Sir Galahad , 39. Helm-stad-I-an, a . [Eng. Helmstad ( t ); -ian .] Of or belonging to Helmstadt in Central Germany. Helms tad i an controversy, s . Ch. Hist .: The controversy which originated at Helmstadt. Called also the Syncretistic or Calixtine Controversy. ( Mosheim .)