hydra
noun (hydras)
Everyday
A monster from Greek stories: a huge snake with many heads, where cutting one off lets more grow. Also a tiny water creature. tree →
In the lessons
in myths, the many-headed monster that a hero must slay
Examples
Note
the word gives no number; if a problem says the hydra has nine heads, that count is exact, as stated in the tale
On Mova
- Trees and pragmatics of «hydra» in the school dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- «hydra» in the school dictionary on Mova free.
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