hercules
n. செயற்கருங் கடும்பெரும் பணிகள் பன்னிரண்டு முற்றுவித்த கிரேக்க ரோமப் பழங்கதை மாவீரன், வலிமைமிக்கவன், வடதிசை வான்மீன் குழுக்களில் ஒன்று.
Her"cu*les, n. 1. (Gr. Myth.) Defn: 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.) Defn: A constellation in the northern hemisphere, near Lyra. Hercules' beetle (Zoöl.), any species of Dynastes, an American genus of very large lamellicorn beetles, esp. D. hercules of South America, which grows to a length of six inches. -- Hercules' club. (Bot.) (a) An ornamental tree of the West Indies (Zanthoxylum Clava-Herculis), of the same genus with the prickly ash. (b) A variety of the common gourd (Lagenaria vulgaris). Its fruit sometimes exceeds five feet in length. (c) The Angelica tree. See under Angelica. -- Hercules powder, an explosive containing nitroglycerin; -- used for blasting.