hydra

Nouns

• (n) (Greek mythology) monster with nine heads; when struck off each head was replaced by two new ones
  • Hydra was slain by Hercules
• (n) a long faint constellation in the southern hemisphere near the equator stretching between Virgo and Cancer Snake,
• (n) 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
• (n) small tubular solitary freshwater hydrozoan polyp

Synonyms

Words of close approximity