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Meaning of "hydra" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD HYDRA

From Latin, from Greek hudra water serpent; compare otter.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF HYDRA

ˈhaɪdrə


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HYDRA

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Hydra is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES HYDRA MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Hydra

Hydra may refer to: ▪ Lernaean Hydra, a many-headed serpent in Greek mythology ▪ Hydra, a genus of simple freshwater animals belonging to the phylum Cnidaria...

Definition of hydra in the English dictionary

The definition of hydra in the dictionary is any solitary freshwater hydroid coelenterate of the genus Hydra, in which the body is a slender polyp with tentacles around the mouth. Other definition of hydra is a persistent trouble or evil.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH HYDRA

Alexandra · Cassandra · cathedra · clepsydra · ephedra · exedra · Harishchandra · Hendra · Indra · octahedra · pachysandra · Phaedra · polyhedra · Ramachandra · scolopendra · Sidra · Sudra · tendre · tetrahedra · tundra

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HYDRA

hydnocarpic acid · hydracid · hydrae · hydraemia · hydragog · hydragogue · hydralazine · hydrangea · hydrant · hydranth · hydrargyral · hydrargyria · hydrargyric · hydrargyrism · hydrargyrum · hydrarthrosis · hydrase · hydrastine · hydrastinine · hydrastis

WORDS THAT END LIKE HYDRA

aphelandra · crossandra · enneahedra · ex cathedra · Gulf of Sidra · hendecahedra · holohedra · icosahedra · icositetrahedra · leucitohedra · liriodendra · mudra · Odra · ouvirandra · pentahedra · philodendra · rhombohedra · trapezohedra · trihedra · trisoctahedra

Synonyms and antonyms of hydra in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «hydra» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR

TRANSLATION OF HYDRA

Find out the translation of hydra to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of hydra from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «hydra» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

水螅
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

hydra
570 millions of speakers
en

English

hydra
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

हाइड्रा
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

هيدرا
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

гидра
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

hidra
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

Hydra
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

hydre
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Hidra
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

Hydra
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

ヒドラ
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

히드라
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Hidra
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

vật khó trừ tuyệt
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

ஹைட்ரா
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

हायड्रा
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

hidra
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

idra
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

hydra
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

гідра
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

hydra
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ύδρα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Hydra
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

hydra
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

hydra
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of hydra

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HYDRA»

Principal search tendencies and common uses of hydra
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «hydra».

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about hydra

EXAMPLES

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HYDRA»

Discover the use of hydra in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to hydra and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Nazi Hydra in America: Suppressed History of a Century
This book exposes how US plutocrats launched Hitler, then recouped Nazi assets to lay the post-war foundations of a modern police state.
Glen Yeadon, 2008
2
Eternal Hydra
When a young scholar finds "Eternal Hydra," a long-lost, legendary and encyclopedic novel by an obscure Irish writer, she brings the manuscript to an esteemed publisher, hoping to secure an international audience for the book.
Anton Piatigorsky, 2011
3
How to Work with and Modify the Turbo Hydra-Matic 400 ...
Ford transmissions.
Ron Sessions, 1987
4
English Language as Hydra: Its Impacts on Non-English ...
This book brings together the voices of linguists, literary figures and teaching professionals in a wide-ranging exposé of this enormous Hydra in action on four continents.
Vaughan Rapatahana, Pauline Bunce, 2012
5
The Many-Headed Hydra: Sailors, Slaves, Commoners, and the ...
For Mather, the Puritan elders were Hercules, while the hydra consisted of the antinomians who questioned the authority of minister and magistrate, the expansion of empire, the definition of private property, and the subordination of women.5 It ...
Peter Linebaugh, Marcus Rediker, 2013
6
Stem Cells: From Hydra to Man
As such this book is largely a horizon analysis of a frontier rather than a retrospective.
Thomas C. G. Bosch, 2008
7
Hydra
It was sick and hungry and a long, long way from home.
Robert Swindells, 2011
8
Hydra and the Bananas of Leonard Cohen
By turns playful and philosophic, Green's unconventional memoir tells the story of his journey down the rabbit hole of obsession, as he confronts the meaning of poetry, history, and his own life.
Roger Green, 2009
9
Biology of hydra
immediately after the feeding period, then the contraction frequencies were significantly higher than the unfed Hydra over a similar time period. This suggested that during the ingestion of Artemia in the Hydra's gut the column contractions were ...
Allson Burnett, 2012
10
The Hydra's Tale: Imagining Disgust
In The Hydra's Tale, Robert Rawdon Wilson treats the experience of disgust not from the perspective of the disgusting object-in-the-world, but from its representation.
R. Rawdon Wilson, 2002

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HYDRA»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term hydra is used in the context of the following news items.
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This is our first-ever photo of Pluto's moon Hydra - The Washington …
Discovered in 2005, Hydra has only ever showed up as a fuzzy little blob of light in previous images. NASA scientists expect to see it a bit more ... «Washington Post, Jul 15»
2
Earth, Meet Hydra
Hydra is the outermost of Pluto's known moons, and until now, we'd only ever seen it as a faint pixel of light. Today, planet Earth gets its first real ... «Gizmodo India, Jul 15»
3
'Ant-Man': Here's what you need to know before seeing the newest …
Who's Hydra? Why are there now more Avengers than the original faces we know? Are we supposed to not trust S.H.I.E.L.D? (Spoilers for all ... «Christian Science Monitor, Jul 15»
4
Visions and prophecies: what will happen to the Angels in the …
... when he buys Pluto's moon, Hydra, for 137 million Sxxxyadjkhek(this is the galactic currency of the future), only to re-name it the Los Angeles ... «Halo's Heaven, Jul 15»
5
The Rise of SWORD in Agents of Shield Season 3! | moviepilot.com
... already shared secrets with a select few, this other SHIELD's mandate seems admirable. But could they be just as dangerous as HYDRA? «moviepilot.com, Jul 15»
6
Pirate Bay 'Hydra' Loses Another Domain Name - TorrentFreak
The Pirate Bay was fully prepared for the negative outcome and quickly redirected its visitors to a 'Hydra' of six new domain names. «TorrentFreak, Jul 15»
7
Wednesday Rundown: Hydra-Electric Co. Names New CEO, Marcus …
Burbank aerospace manufacturer Hydra-Electric Co. has named aerospace industry veteran David Schmidt as chief executive. Schmidt ... «Los Angeles Business Journal, Jul 15»
8
How to Make Greece Rich - Lawrence Osborne - POLITICO Magazine
In the summer of 2013 I went back to Hydra to write a piece about the Greek art philanthropist and billionaire Dakis Joannou. I had drinks on his ... «Politico, Jul 15»
9
Pluto's moon Hydra - Phys.org
Hydra was first discovered in June 2005 by the Hubble Space Telescope's "Pluto Companion Search Team", using images that were taken on ... «Phys.Org, Jul 15»
10
Hydra Melody's 'Nocturna' Is Lush, Radio Ready Alt-rock | Live …
Named to indicate a multi-headed driving force and a multi-dimensional sound, Hydra Melody is a synth-and-keys-heavy alt-rock outfit from ... «San Antonio Current, Jul 15»
REFERENCE
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