hydra

Etymology
After the Hydra, from Greek mythology, which grew two new heads every time one of its heads was cut off. The biology sense alludes to the budding method of asexual reproduction that the hydra practices, similar to growing new heads. The figurative sense refers to how the creature could not be killed by a swift, decisive solution (in contrast to a Gordian knot).

Noun

 * 1)  A dragon-like creature with many heads and the ability to regrow them when maimed.
 * 2)  Any of several small freshwater polyps of the genus Hydra and related genera, having a naked cylindrical body and an oral opening surrounded by tentacles.
 * 3)  A complex, multifarious problem or situation that cannot be solved easily and rapidly.

Translations

 * Belarusian: гі́дра
 * Bulgarian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech: nezmar
 * Finnish: lampipolyyppi
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * German:
 * Hungarian:
 * Japanese:
 * Korean: 히드라
 * Latin: hydra
 * Maori: hurumoana
 * Navajo: gaanłáníchilí dóó gaanłání doo yitʼíinii
 * Persian:
 * Polish: stułbia
 * Portuguese: hidra
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish: hydra
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: idra
 * Telugu: హైడ్రా
 * Thai:
 * Ukrainian: гі́дра
 * Vietnamese: thuỷ tức


 * Finnish: ongelmavyyhti
 * Galician:
 * Portuguese:

Etymology
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Noun

 * 1)  Hydra, a mythological serpent with seven heads
 * 2) something monstrous which is extremely difficult to fight with (often connected with organized crime)
 * 3) , a genus of hydrozoan in family
 * 1) , a genus of hydrozoan in family
 * 1) , a genus of hydrozoan in family

Hypernyms

 * – regnum; – phylum;  – class;  – order;  – family

Related terms

 * See

Etymology
From.

Noun
(masculine hydrus)


 * 1) A water-snake.

Etymology
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Noun

 * 1)  evil that is difficult to eradicate
 * 1)  evil that is difficult to eradicate
 * 1)  evil that is difficult to eradicate
 * 1)  evil that is difficult to eradicate
 * 1)  evil that is difficult to eradicate