a S constellation near the celestial pole
Origin of Hydrus
Classical Latin from Classical Greek hydros, water snake, akin to hyd?r, waterHydrus
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Hydrus
noun
A constellation in the Southern Hemisphere near Tucana and Mensa.
Origin of Hydrus
Latin from Greek hudros water snake ; see wed-1 in Indo-European roots.THE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Proper noun
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Named by Dutch explorers Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser and Frederick de Houtman between 1595 and 1597. From Latin hydrus, a "water serpent", originally from Ancient Greek Ύδρα (Hydra)
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