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What (who) is hydra - definition
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Hydra (disambiguation); Hydra (song); Hydra (album); HYDRA; Hydra-class
hydra
n.
1.
(Mythol.) Many-headed monster.
2.
Spectre, hobgoblin, ogre, Gorgon, bugbear, poker, bugaboo, frightful object, raw head and bloody bones.
Hydra
·noun A southern constellation of great length lying southerly from Cancer, Leo, and Virgo.
II. Hydra ·noun Hence: A multifarious evil, or an evil having many sources; not to be overcome by a single effort.
III. Hydra ·noun Any small fresh-water hydroid of the genus Hydra, usually found attached to sticks, stones, ·etc., by a basal sucker.
IV. Hydra ·noun A serpent or monster in the lake or marsh of Lerna, in the Peloponnesus, represented as having many heads, one of which, when cut off, was immediately succeeded by two others, unless the wound was cauterized. It was slain by Hercules. Hence, a terrible monster.
hydra
¦ noun a minute freshwater coelenterate with a stalk-like tubular body and a ring of tentacles around the mouth. [Genus Hydra.]
Origin
named after the Hydra of Greek mythology, a many-headed snake whose heads regrew if cut off: if cut into pieces, each section of a hydra can grow into a whole animal.
Wikipedia
Hydra
Hydra generally refers to:
- Lernaean Hydra, a many-headed serpent in Greek mythology
- Hydra (genus), a genus of simple freshwater animals belonging to the phylum Cnidaria
Hydra or The Hydra may also refer to:
Examples of use of hydra
1. But when you‘re playing a machine with the immense power of Hydra you really have to play the perfect game." Hydra can process 200 million moves a second.
2. Mitt Romney has established a hydra–headed financing system.
3. The Hubble turned up two more, which this past June were christened Nix and Hydra.
4. Thursday Institute of International Relations (IDIS) is hosting the 17th international summer seminar on «The Integration of the Western Balkans into Euro–Atlantic Structures,» in the historical archive room of the Hydra Museum, on the island of Hydra.
5. It is the hydra–headed monster of government; the raw nerve of politics.