hydra

• (Greek mythology) monster with nine heads
• a long faint constellation in the southern hemisphere near the equator stretching between Virgo and Cancer
• trouble that cannot be overcome by a single effort because of its many aspects or its persistent and pervasive quality
• small tubular solitary freshwater hydrozoan polyp
• 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
• Hence: A multifarious evil, or an evil having many sources
• Any small fresh-water hydroid of the genus Hydra, usually found attached to sticks, stones, etc., by a basal sucker
• A southern constellation of great length lying southerly from Cancer, Leo, and Virgo
• Residential area (city, town, village) in Greece in Attiki
• Residential area (city, town, village) in the United States of America (USA) in Idaho

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