Meaning of Hydra | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A mythological serpent with many heads, slain by Hercules as one of his twelve labours.
   Greek
2. A dragon-like creature with many heads and the ability to regrow them when maimed.
3. A spring constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble a serpent. It lies just south of the zodiac and contains the star Alphard.
4. 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.
5. One of Pluto's moons.
6. A complex, multifarious problem or situation that cannot be easily and rapidly solved.
   figuratively
7. One of the Saronic Islands in the Aegean Sea.
8. A commune in Algiers Province, Algeria.

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Examples

“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.”

“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?”

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