hydras
- plural of hydra.
Example Sentences
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Similarly, Itoh and his team reported in Science Advances in 2020 that tiny hydras of the species Hydra vulgaris also have a quiescent period that acts a lot like sleep.
From Scientific American ● Jun. 16, 2023
"Online services are like hydras, if you fix one problem, another one often emerges," James Mickens, a professor of computer science at Harvard, explains in a statement.
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2021
Everyone in New York has heard about co-op boards that proved to be the most persnickety of the many many-headed hydras exerting authority over daily life.
From New York Times ● May 8, 2016
The name van Leeuwenhoek gave them was “polyps,” though they would eventually be commonly known as hydras.
From Salon ● Jan. 17, 2016
The walls were lined with metal shelves six stories high, decorated with war banners, painted shields, and the stuffed heads of dragons, hydras, giant lions, and wild boars.
From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan
