Meaning Of The Word Hydra
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Hydra Meaning
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What's The Definition Of Hydra?
Hydra in American English
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 noun: a water or marsh serpent with nine heads, each of which, if cut off, grew back as two; Hercules killed this serpent by cauterizing the necks as he cut off the heads hydra in British English noun: any solitary freshwater hydroid coelenterate of the genus Hydra, in which the body is a slender polyp with tentacles around the mouth Hydra in British English 1 noun: a monster with nine heads, each of which, when struck off, was replaced by two new ones Hydra in British English 2 noun: a very long faint constellation lying mainly in the S hemisphere and extending from near Virgo to Cancer |
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