hydra
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"In 20 years, and despite the resolute efforts of our police officers, gendarmes, judges, teachers and elected officials, the antisemitic hydra has kept advancing," he said.
From Barron's • Feb. 13, 2026
“Like the hydra, when you cut one head off and two more grow in its place. That’s what all of us are working towards.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 24, 2023
This suggests that evolution plays around with these chemical pathways, altering them over the hundreds of millions of years since the hydra and human lineages diverged from each other on the evolutionary tree.
From Scientific American • Jun. 16, 2023
The lake has many species, including sexually reproducing frogs, water fleas that multiply by parthenogenesis, hydra that multiply by budding, and sponges that multiply by fragmentation.
From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022
The hydra barreled toward him, blocking his view of the giant.
From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan
Vocabulary lists containing hydra
Elements of the Universe: Hydr, Hydro ("Water")
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Reading: Literature - Mythology - Introductory
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Reading: Literature - Mythology - Middle School
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