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Word: Hydra
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
via Latin from Greek hudra ‘water snake’ (see Hydra), named by Linnaeus because, if cut into pieces, each section can grow into a whole animal
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈhʌɪdrə
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a minute freshwater coelenterate with a tubular body and a ring of tentacles around the mouth.
Short Definition:minute freshwater coelenterate with tubular body
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