HYADES; HYADS
Hy"a*des, Hy"ads, n.pl. Etym: [L. Hyades, Gr. (Astron.)
Defn: A cluster of five stars in the face of the constellation
Taurus, supposed by the ancients to indicate the coming of rainy
weather when they rose with the sun.
Thro' scudding drifts the rainy Hyaned Vext the dim sea. Tennyson.
HYAENA
Hy*æ"na, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Same as Hyena.
HYALEA
Hy*a"le*a, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A pteroid of the genus Cavolina. See Pteropoda, and
Illustration in Appendix.
HYALESCENCE
Hy`a*les"cence, n. Etym: [See Hyaline.]
Defn: The process of becoming, or the state of being, transparent like glass.
HYALINE
Hy"a*line, a. Etym: [L. hyalinus, Gr. hyalin.]
Defn: Glassy; resembling glass; consisting of glass; transparent, like crystal. "Hyaline spaces." Carpenter.