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Meanings of Hydra in English

Portuguese
hidra

A long faint constellation in the southern hemisphere near the equator stretching between Virgo and Cancer.

hidra
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Examples for "Snake"
Examples for "Snake"
1
My dear daughter, Snake thought, I never said this would be easy.
Dreamsnake
2
Therefore he hadn't shared his plan with either Sam, Tom-Tom, or Snake.
Amberville
3
There is no more hurt in this, than in the green Snake.
A New Voyage to Carolina / Containing the exact description and ...
4
For a moment Snake thought they had decided to send her away.
Dreamsnake
5
Then, glancing over Snake and her gear, she saw the serpent case.
Dreamsnake
Usage of Hydra in English
1
The conflict of opinions is like that of Hercules with the Hydra.
The Gospels in the Second Century / An Examination of the Critic...
2
We have plenty of Hydra missile batteries and a few nuclear warheads.
Book Two: Descent
3
The Hydra had nine heads, of which the middle one was immortal.
Bulfinch's Mythology: The Age of Fable
4
Rapp's pistol was currently chambered with a Federal Hydra-Shok 9mm hollow-point cartridge.
Act of treason
5
The Hydra of Federalism has now lost all its heads but two.
Memoir, Correspondence, and Miscellanies, From the Papers of Tho...
6
To satisfy one doubt, they give me three; 'tis the Hydra's head.
Essays of Michel de Montaigne — Volume 19
7
Do you realize she's never had a car with a Hydra-Matic drive?
The new yorker
8
How allegorical of human labor is that old fable of the Hydra!
Beacon Lights of History, Volume 3 part 1: The Middle Ages
9
We may bruise this Hydra of division, and crush this Cockatrice's egg.
The World's Best Orations, Vol. 1 (of 10)
10
He meant the Hydra, which wasn't dog-headed and which Hercules didn't strangle.
Septimus
11
Other partners include Hydra Commercial Investments and Capital Investment, Orascom said.
Reuters
12
He'd heard reports of Troop Hydra, Nolan's Raiders and the so-called American Allegiance.
Swan Song
13
Various Hydra species have been employed as model organisms since the 18th century.
Pubmed
14
Five minutes from Hydra, the onboard computer did a series of system checks.
Deep black
15
Down the left-hand side is the serpent-god representing the constellation of the Hydra.
The Babylonian Legends of the Creation
16
The Singapore Exchange has also denied Hydra X is implementing a trading system.
Reuters
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Translations for Hydra
Portuguese
hidra
Hydra through the time
Hydra across language varieties
United Kingdom
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