hydra
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A small animal that lives in fresh water with a tube body and tentacles that can regrow lost parts
- noun
- /ˈhaɪdrə/
- Specialized
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hidra
- Scientists studied the hydra to understand how it can survive without aging.
Examples
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You know, hydra, heads, all that.
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The hydra is known for its remarkable ability to regenerate lost tentacles.
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This is the that's awesome here they said parasite that may have been identified or may have been as hydra vulgaris.
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In biology class, we observed a hydra under a microscope to see its unique structure.
Idioms
Compounds
Lernaean Hydra
- Literature
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A big snake with many heads from Greek myth whose cut heads often grow back as two
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word hydra for the small freshwater animal comes from that same Greek monster because the creature can regrow its parts, and the name also links to the Greek root hydor meaning 'water', which fits because it lives in fresh water.