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Webster 1913 Edition
Hercules
Her′cu-les
,Noun.
1.
(Gr. Myth.)
A hero, fabled to have been the son of Jupiter and Alcmena, and celebrated for great strength, esp. for the accomplishment of his twelve great tasks or “labors.”
2.
(Astron.)
A constellation in the northern hemisphere, near Lyra.
Hercules’ beetle
(Zool.)
, any species of
– Dynastes
, an American genus of very large lamellicorn beetles, esp. Dynastes hercules
of South America, which grows to a length of six inches. Hercules powder
, an explosive containing nitroglycerin; – used for blasting.
3.
A variety of the common gourd (
Lagenaria vulgaris
). Its fruit sometimes exceeds five feet in length. Webster 1828 Edition
Hercules
HER'CULES
,Noun.