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Her"cu*les (?), n. 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.”
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2. (Astron.) A constellation in the northern hemisphere, near Lyra.
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Hercules' beetle (Zo&ö;l.), 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.
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