Hydrus
name
Meaning
- 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.
Etymology / origin
Named by Dutch explorers Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser and Frederick de Houtman between 1595 and 1597. From Latin hydrus (“water serpent”), originally from Ancient Greek Ὕδρα (Húdra, “Hydra”).
- Ὕδρα(grc)→
- hydrus(Latin)→
- Hydrus (English)
- Relations: der, der
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