Hydra definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary HY'DRA, n. [L. hydra. Gr. water.] 1. A water serpent. In fabulous history, a ... struck off each head was replaced by two new ones; "Hydra was slain by Hercules" 2: a long faint constellation in ... hemisphere near the equator stretching between Virgo and Cancer [syn: Hydra, Snake] 3: trouble that cannot be overcome by a single ... its persistent and pervasive quality; "we may be facing a hydra that defies any easy solution" 4: small tubular solitary freshwater ... Webster's I. noun Etymology: Middle English Ydra, from Latin Hydra, from Greek Date: 15th century 1. a many-headed ...
Hydra-tainted definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Hydra-tainted Hy"dra-taint`ed, a. Dipped in the gall of the fabulous hydra; poisonous; deadly. --Cowper.
... Merriam Webster's I. adjective Etymology: ultimately from New Latin Hydra Date: circa 1864 of or relating to a hydrozoan; especially resembling a typical hydra II. noun Date: 1865 hydrozoan; especially a hydrozoan polyp as ... Zool. any usu. polypoid hydrozoan of the order Hydroida, including hydra. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Hydroid Hy"droid, a. [Hydra + -oid.] (Zo["o]l.) Related to, or resembling, the hydra; of or pertaining to the Hydroidea. -- n. One of the ...
Hydrae definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Hydra Hy"dra, n.; pl. E. Hydras, L. Hydr[ae]. [L. hydra, Gr. "y`dra; akin to "y`dwr water. See Otter ... o]l.) Any small fresh-water hydroid of the genus Hydra, usually found attached to sticks, stones, etc., by a basal ... divided in pieces, each piece will grow into a complete hydra, to which fact the name alludes. The zooids or hydranths ...
Hydras definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Hydra Hy"dra, n.; pl. E. Hydras, L. Hydr[ae]. [L. hydra, Gr. "y`dra; akin to "y`dwr water. See Otter ... o]l.) Any small fresh-water hydroid of the genus Hydra, usually found attached to sticks, stones, etc., by a basal ... divided in pieces, each piece will grow into a complete hydra, to which fact the name alludes. The zooids or hydranths ...
... less precise than the coiling of Draco round the poles. Hydra, the Watersnake, marked out the original celestial equator for about ... in her hand, while beneath her the immense length of Hydra was stretched out upon its belly in the attitude of ... forms in the constellations, and especially the position allotted to Hydra, extended along the equator with its head near the spring ... sea"; the first allusion being appropriate to the attitude of Hydra, the second to Draco, the third to Cetus. Whilst the ...
... utter, Lith. udra, Russ, vuidra, Gr. "y`dra water serpent, hydra, Skr. udra otter, and also to E. water. [root]137, 215. See Water, and cf. Hydra.] 1. (Zo["o]l.) Any carnivorous animal of the genus ...
... utter, Lith. udra, Russ, vuidra, Gr. "y`dra water serpent, hydra, Skr. udra otter, and also to E. water. [root]137, 215. See Water, and cf. Hydra.] 1. (Zo["o]l.) Any carnivorous animal of the genus ...
... Merriam Webster's noun Etymology: New Latin, probably from Latin Hydra Hydra Date: 1969 a freshwater aquatic Asian plant (Hydrilla verticillata of ...
... utter, Lith. udra, Russ, vuidra, Gr. "y`dra water serpent, hydra, Skr. udra otter, and also to E. water. [root]137, 215. See Water, and cf. Hydra.] 1. (Zo["o]l.) Any carnivorous animal of the genus ...
... utter, Lith. udra, Russ, vuidra, Gr. "y`dra water serpent, hydra, Skr. udra otter, and also to E. water. [root]137, 215. See Water, and cf. Hydra.] 1. (Zo["o]l.) Any carnivorous animal of the genus ...