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How to pronounce hydra in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms snake
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Type of mythical creature, mythical monster
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Type of hydrozoan, hydroid
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Type of problem, trouble


we may be facing a hydra that defies any easy solution.

Examples of hydra

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Which, if any, bit of Iran's hydra-headed government was Mr Shakuri acting for?
From the economist.com
Like hydra-headed monsters, one site is deleted and another grows in its place.
From the washingtontimes.com
Hydra-headed conspiracy theories and rumours are spawned daily on the internet.
From the independent.co.uk
Hydra are simple animals that, along with jellyfish, belong to the phylum cnidaria.
From the sciencedaily.com
The cells at the surface of hydra undergo mitosis and form a mass called bud.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Hydra stretches from just below Cancer in the west almost to Libra in the southeast.
From the chron.com
Assad is a monster and those who fight with him are just heads of the hydra.
From the world.time.com
This hydra-headed structure means that everyone is in charge and no one is in charge.
From the charlotteobserver.com
Beings these were, more terrible than fire-spitting dragons or hydra-headed monsters.
From the scienceblogs.com
More examples
  • (Greek mythology) monster with nine heads; when struck off each head was replaced by two new ones; "Hydra was slain by Hercules"
  • A long faint constellation in the southern hemisphere near the equator stretching between Virgo and Cancer
  • 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"
  • Small tubular solitary freshwater hydrozoan polyp
  • HYDRA is a fictional terrorist organization in the Marvel Universe.
  • Hydra is the second studio album by American rock band Toto, released in 1979. It reached #37 on the Billboard Pop Albums.
  • Hydra is an American rock band founded in the late 1960s by Spencer Kirkpatrick (guitar), Wayne Bruce (vocals/guitar), and Steve Pace (drums). Pace and Kirkpatrick first played together in 1968 in the band Strange Brew. ...
  • Hydra is a chess machine, designed by a team with Dr. Christian "Chrilly" Donninger, Dr. Ulf Lorenz, GM Christopher Lutz and Muhammad Nasir Ali. Since 2006 the development team consists only of Donninger and Lutz. ...
  • Hydra is the largest of the 88 modern constellations, measuring 1303 square degrees. It has a long history, having been included among the 48 constellations listed by the 2nd century astronomer Ptolemy. It is commonly represented as a water snake. ...