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Definition & Synonyms
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• Hydra
- (n.) Any small fresh-water hydroid of the genus Hydra, usually found attached to sticks, stones, etc., by a basal sucker.
- (n.) 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.
- (n.) Hence: A multifarious evil, or an evil having many sources; not to be overcome by a single effort.
- (n.) A southern constellation of great length lying southerly from Cancer, Leo, and Virgo.
Synonyms:
Snake,
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• Hydramide
- (n.) One of a group of crystalline bodies produced by the action of ammonia on certain aldehydes.
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• Hydramine
- (n.) One of a series of artificial, organic bases, usually produced as thick viscous liquids by the action of ammonia on ethylene oxide. They have the properties both of alcohol and amines.
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