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Webster 1913 Edition


Hydrus


Hy′drus

,
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

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

Definition 2024


Hydrus

Hydrus

See also: hydrus and Hydra

English

Proper noun

Hydrus

  1. (astronomy) A winter constellation of the southern sky, said to resemble a small serpent. It lies between the constellations Mensa and Tucana. It is not to be confused with the constellation Hydra.

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Spanish

Proper noun

Hydrus ?

  1. (astronomy) Hydrus (constellation)

hydrus

hydrus

See also: Hydrus and Hydra

Latin

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Noun

hydrus m (genitive hydrī); second declension

  1. A water-snake
  2. A serpent in the hair of Medusa

Declension

Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative hydrus hydrī
genitive hydrī hydrōrum
dative hydrō hydrīs
accusative hydrum hydrōs
ablative hydrō hydrīs
vocative hydre hydrī

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