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noun

(1) A constellation in the southern hemisphere near the south celestial pole

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Etymology

Named by Dutch explorers Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser and Frederick de Houtman between 1595 and 1597. From hydrus, a "water serpent", originally from Ύδρα (Hydra)

Proper noun

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.