hydrus
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Cerastes horn'd, hydrus and elops drear,
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- A constellation of the southern hemisphere, near the south pole.
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And when the hydrus, which is a kind of ichneumon, perceives this, it penetrates into its mouth, which the bird has caused to open, and descends into its stomach, where it devours its entrails, and then comes forth again 20.
— The Roman History of Ammianus Marcellinus During the Reigns of the Emperors Constantius, Julian, Jovianus, Valentinian, and Valens -
Cerastes horn'd, hydrus and elops drear,
— Divine Comedy, Cary's Translation, Complete -
Pliny tells us that the “hydrus” lives in the water, and is exceedingly venomous.
— The Fables of Phædrus Literally translated into English prose with notes -
And when the hydrus, which is a kind of ichneumon, perceives this, it penetrates into its mouth, which the bird has caused to open, and descends into its stomach, where it devours its entrails, and then comes forth again.
— The Roman History of Ammianus Marcellinus During the Reigns of the Emperors Constantius, Julian, Jovianus, Valentinian, and Valens -
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- [L., a water serpent; also, a certain constellation, Gr.
"y`dros .]