- genus Hydra
- nounhydras• Hypernyms: ↑coelenterate genus• Member Holonyms: ↑Hydrozoa, ↑class Hydrozoa• Member Meronyms: ↑hydra
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genus Hydra
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Hydra — Hy dra, n.; pl. E. {Hydras}, L. {Hydr[ae]}. [L. hydra, Gr. y dra; akin to y dwr water. See {Otter} the animal, {Water}.] 1. (Class. Myth.) A serpent or monster in the lake or marsh of Lerna, in the Peloponnesus, represented as having many heads,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Hydra (genus) — Taxobox name = Hydra image width = 230px image caption = Hydra species regnum = Animalia subregnum = Eumetazoa subphylum = Medusozoa classis = Hydrozoa subclassis = Leptolinae ordo = Anthomedusae subordo = Capitata familia = Hydridae genus =… … Wikipedia
hydra — /huy dreuh/, n., pl. hydras, hydrae / dree/ for 1 3, gen. hydrae / dree/ for 4. 1. (often cap.) Class. Myth. a water or marsh serpent with nine heads, each of which, if cut off, grew back as two; Hercules killed this serpent by cauterizing the… … Universalium
Hydra viridissima — Taxobox name = Hydra viridissima image width = 250px image caption = regnum = Animalia phylum = Cnidaria classis = Hydrozoa ordo = Hydroida familia = Hydridae genus = Hydra species = H. viridissima binomial = Hydra viridissima binomial authority … Wikipedia
Hydra viridis — Taxobox name = Hydra viridis image width = 250px image caption = regnum = Animalia phylum = Cnidaria classis = Hydrozoa ordo = Hydroida familia = Hydridae genus = Hydra species = H. viridis binomial = Hydra viridis binomial authority = Linnaeus,… … Wikipedia
Hydra oligactis — Taxobox name = Hydra oligactis image width = 250px image caption = regnum = Animalia phylum = Cnidaria classis = Hydrozoa ordo = Hydroida familia = Hydridae genus = Hydra species = H. oligactis binomial = Hydra oligactis binomial authority =… … Wikipedia
hydra — noun a minute freshwater coelenterate with a stalk like tubular body and a ring of tentacles around the mouth. [Genus Hydra.] Origin named after the Hydra of Greek mythology, a many headed snake whose heads regrew if cut off: if cut into pieces,… … English new terms dictionary
hydra — noun /ˈhaɪdrə/ a) 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. Because the statute is so vaguely worded, award decisions are habitually… … Wiktionary
hydra — /ˈhaɪdrə/ (say huydruh) noun (plural hydras or hydrae /ˈhaɪdri/ (say huydree)) 1. (sometimes upper case) any persistent evil arising from many sources or difficult to overcome. 2. Zoology any of the freshwater polyps constituting the genus Hydra …
Hydra — n. 1 a freshwater polyp of the genus Hydra with tubular body and tentacles around the mouth. 2 any water snake. 3 something which is hard to destroy. Etymology: ME f. L f. Gk hudra water snake, esp. a fabulous one with many heads that grew again… … Useful english dictionary
