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I. noun Etymology: Middle English Ydra, from Latin ~, from Greek Date: 15th century 1. a many-headed serpent or monster in Greek mythology that was slain by Hercules and each head of which when cut off was replaced by two others 2. not capitalized a multifarious evil not to be overcome by a single effort 3. Latin (genitive ~e), from Greek a southern constellation of great length that lies south of Cancer, Sextans, Corvus, and Virgo and is represented on old maps by a serpent 4. not capitalized New Latin, from Latin, ~ any of numerous small tubular freshwater hydrozoan polyps (~ and related genera) having at one end a mouth surrounded by tentacles II. geographical name or Modern Greek Idhra island Greece in S Aegean Sea off E coast of Peloponnese area 20 square miles (52 square kilometers), population 2794 • Hydriot or Hydriote noun ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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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 when cut off ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1) зоол. гидра (Hydra) 2) жизненная форма влажной среды – brown hydra – common hydra – green hydra ...Англо-русский Русско-английский биологический словарь
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1. греч. миф. гидра 2. зло, с которым трудно бороться 3. зоол. гидра 4. (H.) астр. созвездие Гидры ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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- 1835, genus name of a freshwater polyp, from Gk. Hydra, many-headed Lernaean water serpent slain by Hercules, from hydor (gen. hydatos) "water." Used figuratively for "any multiplicity of evils" [Johnson]. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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