Complete Definition of "Hydrus"

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Etymology
Named by Dutch explorers Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser and Frederick de Houtman between 1595 and 1597. From L. hydrus, a "water serpent", originally from AGr. �δ�α (Hydra)

Proper noun
en-proper noun

  1. constellation 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.

Translations
trans-top|constellation
Finnish: t-|fi|Etelän vesikäärme
French: Hydre mâle
German: Kleine Wasserschlange f
trans-mid
Russian: Южна� �ид�а
Spanish: Hydrus
trans-bottom

See also
Hydra

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