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Hydrus

[ hahy-druhs ]

noun

Astronomy.
genitive Hydri
  1. the Water Snake, a southern constellation between Eridanus and Octans.


Hydrus

/ ˈɪə /

noun

  1. a constellation near the S celestial pole lying close to Eridanus and Tucana and containing part of the Small Magellanic cloud
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of Hydrus1

< Latin < Greek ýDz water serpent
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Word History and Origins

Origin of Hydrus1

C17: from Latin, from Greek hudros water serpent, from ܻō water
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Above, the Hydrus in Seaside Heights, N.J., replacing a coaster destroyed by Hurricane Sandy.

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In today’s 360 video, take a ride on the Jersey Shore’s Hydrus roller coaster, which opened this month.

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He said he and his wife had been coming by every weekend, watching the Hydrus rise, though he noted that in other places along the shore the rebuilding was occurring at a much slower pace.

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Seaside Heights, New Jersey, has a new roller coaster called Hydrus to replace a coaster that was left partially submerged in the ocean after Superstorm Sandy in 2012.

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This summer, they detected an outline of a ship that looked big enough to be the 436-foot Hydrus.

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