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English noun: Hydra | |||
| 1. | Hydra (person) (Greek mythology) monster with nine heads; when struck off each head was replaced by two new ones | ||
| Samples | Hydra was slain by Hercules. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | mythical creature, mythical monster | ||
| Domain category | Greek mythology | ||
| 2. | Hydra (object) a long faint constellation in the southern hemisphere near the equator stretching between Virgo and Cancer | ||
| Synonyms | Snake | ||
| Instance hypernym | constellation | ||
| 3. | hydra (cognition) trouble that cannot be overcome by a single effort because of its many aspects or its persistent and pervasive quality | ||
| Samples | We may be facing a hydra that defies any easy solution. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | problem, trouble | ||
| 4. | hydra (animal) small tubular solitary freshwater hydrozoan polyp | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | hydroid, hydrozoan | ||
| Member meronym | genus Hydra | ||
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