Hydrus Definition
hīdrəs
noun
A S constellation near the celestial pole.
Webster's New World
pronoun
Origin of Hydrus
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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)
From Wiktionary
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Latin from Greek hudros water snake wed-1 in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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