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Meaning of hydra

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  Hydra
      n 1: (Greek mythology) monster with nine heads; when struck off
           each head was replaced by two new ones; "Hydra was slain by
           Hercules"
      2: a long faint constellation in the southern hemisphere near
         the equator stretching between Virgo and Cancer [syn:
         {Hydra}, {Snake}]
      3: trouble that cannot be overcome by a single effort because of
         its many aspects or its persistent and pervasive quality; "we
         may be facing a hydra that defies any easy solution"
      4: small tubular solitary freshwater hydrozoan polyp

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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