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hydra

hy·dra [ hdrə ] (plural hy·dras or hy·drae [ hdree ])


noun 
Definition:
 
freshwater organism: a freshwater polyp with a cylindrical body at one end and a mouth surrounded by tentacles at the other. Genus Hydra.

[Late 18th century. Via modern Latin< Greek hudra "water snake"]
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