hydra

== English == === 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). === Pronunciation === enPR: hī'drə, IPA(key): /ˈhaɪdɹə/ === Noun === hydra (plural hydras or hydrae or hydræ) (fantasy) A dragon-like creature with many heads and the ability to regrow them when maimed. (biology) 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. (figurative) A complex, multifarious problem or situation that cannot be easily and rapidly solved. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === References === “*hydra”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. Hydra (genus) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Hydra on Wikispecies.Wikispecies Category:Hydra on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons === Anagrams === Hardy, hardy == Czech == === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek ὕδρα (húdra). Doublet of vydra. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈɦɪdra] Rhymes: -ɪdra Hyphenation: hyd‧ra === Noun === hydra f (Greek mythology, Roman mythology, singular only) Hydra, a mythological serpent with seven heads something monstrous which is extremely difficult to fight with (often connected with organized crime) Hydra, a genus of hydrozoan in family Hydridae ==== Declension ==== ==== Alternative forms ==== Hydra (serpent) ==== Synonyms ==== (genus Hydra): nezmar ==== Hypernyms ==== (genus Hydra): živočichové – regnum; žahavci – phylum; polypovci – class; nezmaři – order; nezmarovití – family ==== Hyponyms ==== (genus Hydra): nezmar hvězdnatý, nezmar obecný, nezmar opásaný, nezmar ostropouzdrý, nezmar podélník, nezmar štíhlý, nezmar zelený ==== Related terms ==== See hydro- === Further reading === “hydra”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957 “hydra”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989 === Anagrams === drahý dráhy hadry hrady == Latin == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek ὕδρα (húdra). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈhy.dra] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈiː.dra] === Noun === hydra f (genitive hydrae); first declension (masculine hydrus) A water-snake. ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun. ==== Related terms ==== Hydra hydrus === References === “hydra”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "hydra", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “hydra”, in The Perseus Project (1999), Perseus Encyclopedia‎[4] “hydra”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers “hydra”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly == Polish == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin hydra. Doublet of nutria and wydra. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -ɘdra Syllabification: hy‧dra Homophone: Hydra === Noun === hydra f hydra (any freshwater polyp of the genus Hydra) Synonym: stułbia (fantasy) hydra (dragon-like creature with many heads and the ability to regrow them when maimed) Hypernym: stworzenie (figurative) evil that is difficult to eradicate Hypernym: zło ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === hydra in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN hydra in Polish dictionaries at PWN hydry in PWN's encyclopedia