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Hydra

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Noun

1. hydra

(Greek mythology) monster with nine heads; when struck off each head was replaced by two new ones

Example Sentences:
'Hydra was slain by Hercules'

2. hydra, snake

a long faint constellation in the southern hemisphere near the equator stretching between Virgo and Cancer

3. hydra

trouble that cannot be overcome by a single effort because of its many aspects or its persistent and pervasive quality

Example Sentences:
'we may be facing a hydra that defies any easy solution'

4. hydra

small tubular solitary freshwater hydrozoan polyp

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Hydra

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noun plural -dras or -drae (-driː)
1. 
any solitary freshwater hydroid coelenterate of the genus Hydra, in which the body is a slender polyp with tentacles around the mouth
2. 
a persistent trouble or evil
the hydra of the Irish problem
noun
Greek mythology
a monster with nine heads, each of which, when struck off, was replaced by two new ones
nounWord forms: Latin genitive Hydrae (ˈhaɪdriː )
a very long faint constellation lying mainly in the S hemisphere and extending from near Virgo to Cancer

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Hydra

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nounWord forms: plural ˈHydras or ˈHyˌdrae (ˈhaɪˌdri ; hīˈdrēˌ)
1.  Greek Mythology
the nine-headed serpent slain by Hercules as one of his twelve labors: when any one of its heads is cut off, it is replaced by two others
2. 
a long S constellation between Cancer and Libra: the largest constellation
3.  [h-]
any persistent or ever-increasing evil with many sources and causes
4.  [h-]
any of a family (Hydridae) of small, freshwater, solitary hydroids having a dominant soft-bodied polyp stage

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Hydra

see synonyms of hydra
n.
1. Greek Mythology The many-headed monster that was slain by Hercules.
2. Astronomy A satellite of Pluto.
3. A constellation in the equatorial region of the southern sky near Cancer, Libra, and Centaurus. Also called Snake2.
4. A persistent or multifaceted problem that cannot be eradicated by a single effort.
n. pl. hy·dras or hy·drae (-drē)
Any of several small solitary freshwater hydrozoans of the genus Hydra and related genera, having a cylindrical body and a mouth surrounded by tentacles.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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