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- noun astronomy Genitive form of
Hydrus used when naming stars, such as α Hydri.
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Examples
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Here is the planet of B Hydri to which the first group was heading.
INTELLIVORE DIANE DUANE 2000
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In a seventy-year period, there were three separate colonization attempts—one making for B Hydri, one for twenty-two Ophiuchi, and one heading for three thirty-four Scorpii.
INTELLIVORE DIANE DUANE 2000
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“One hundred thousand kilometers now; 2044 Hydri is within a parsec and a half.”
Dark Mirror Diane Duane 1993
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Tom, we can't afford to spend much time in this neighborhood; we've got to get out and take a look at the Beta Hydri system and make sure it checks the same way-just to convince the mossbacks back Earthside, for it will, it will!
Time For The Stars Heinlein, Robert A. 1956
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XIII IRRELEVANT RELATIONS Beyond Beta Hydri: I ought to bring this up to date, or else throw it away.
Time For The Stars Heinlein, Robert A. 1956
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Capital Punishment on Beta Hydri by Patricia StewartApril 18th, 2008
365 tomorrows » 2008 » April : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day 2008
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“It’s 2044 Hydri,” Eileen said, “or it used to be.
Dark Mirror Diane Duane 1993
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