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  • noun astronomy Genitive form of Hydrus used when naming stars, such as α Hydri.

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Examples

  • Here is the planet of B Hydri to which the first group was heading.

    INTELLIVORE DIANE DUANE 2000

  • 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

  • “One hundred thousand kilometers now; 2044 Hydri is within a parsec and a half.”

    Dark Mirror Diane Duane 1993

  • 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

  • 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

  • Capital Punishment on Beta Hydri by Patricia StewartApril 18th, 2008

    365 tomorrows » 2008 » April : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day 2008

  • “It’s 2044 Hydri,” Eileen said, “or it used to be.

    Dark Mirror Diane Duane 1993

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