| 单词 | female water snake |
| 释义 | > as lemmasFemale Water Snake b. The southern constellation Hydra (hydra n. 5). Also Female Water Snake. Cf. water serpent n. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > constellation > Southern constellations > [noun] > Hydra serpent1556 hydra1559 water serpent1599 water snake1838 1838 Penny Cycl. XII. 379/2 Hydra (constellation, ὕδρος in Ptolemy), the Water-snake, one of the old constellations. 1869 E. Dunkin Midnight Sky 180 Hydra, sometimes called Serpens Aquaticus, the Water Snake, is one of the longest constellations either in the northern or southern hemisphere. 1938 Monthly Evening Sky Map Mar. 13/2 Hydra (The Female Water Snake). It is of great length, extending over seven hours of R.A. [= right ascension]. 1964 Yearbk. Astron. 1965 53 Look for the fairly bright quadrangle of stars which makes up the constellation of Corvus, the Crow sitting on the Watersnake's back. 2001 P. Simpson Guidebk. Constellations 346 Hydra is sometimes called ‘the female water snake’, while the southern constellation of Hydrus is called the ‘male water snake’. 2007 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 1 Jan. 22 The winter constellations of Hydra, the Water Snake, and Sextans, the Sextant, appear almost empty. < as lemmas |
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