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Webster 1913 Edition


Hydrus

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Hy′drus

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Noun.
[L., a water serpent; also, a certain constellation, Gr.
ὕδρος
.]
(Astron.)
A constellation of the southern hemisphere, near the south pole.

Webster 1828 Edition


Hydrus

HY'DRUS

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Noun.
[Gr. water.] A water snake; also, a constellation of the southern hemisphere.