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hydra
/ˈhaɪdɹə/
name 5noun 3
Collocations
2VERB + HYDRA
face
HYDRA + NOUN
rulings, someone, something
Definitions
noun
1
A dragon-like creature with many heads and the ability to regrow them when maimed.
2
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.
3
A complex, multifarious problem or situation that cannot be easily and rapidly solved.
Because the statute is so vaguely worded, award decisions are habitually based on case law, the growing mountain of which is a hydra of rulings that point in so many directions that almost any decision can be defended or overturned on appeal, depending on how smart your lawyer is and which precedent he selects to argue your case.
name
1
A mythological serpent with many heads, slain by Hercules as one of his twelve labours.
2
A spring constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble a serpent. It lies just south of the zodiac and contains the star Alphard.
At night I lie dry-eyed on my little bed and turn my head to and fro to catch sight of one little star by one little star along the tail of Hydra, and think you are alive, you survive. Is this not what you wanted?
3
One of Pluto's moons.
4
One of the Saronic Islands in the Aegean Sea.
5
A commune in Algiers Province, Algeria.
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noun — a long faint constellation in the southern hemisphere near t
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Because the statute is so vaguely worded, award decisions are habitually based on case law, the growing mountain of which is a hydra of rulings that point in so many directions that almost any decisio
Wiktionary02
At night I lie dry-eyed on my little bed and turn my head to and fro to catch sight of one little star by one little star along the tail of Hydra, and think you are alive, you survive. Is this not wha
Wiktionary03
"The lizard dares to face the hydra." is like "Someone is attacking an ash tree with a sickle," one of our friends tells us.
Tatoeba · #823204004
"The lizard dares to face the hydra" means something like "Someone is attacking a mountain with a hoe", says another of our friends.
Tatoeba · #823217905
"The lizard dares to face the hydra" means something like "His opponent is too strong for him to face."
Tatoeba · #823935606
Hydra is one of the most affluent neighborhoods in Algiers.
Tatoeba · #11409532Usage Notes
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