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Lerna

American  
[lur-nuh] / ˈlɜr nə /
Also Lerne

noun

  1. a marshy region near Argos, Greece: the legendary abode of the Hydra slain by Hercules.


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Q: @bclem2 asked: who would win in a fight; the Loch Ness monster, the Hydra of Lerna, or a Kraken?

From Seattle Times • Sep. 3, 2021

Because of that, the guy who termed the phrase “open source” wrote that Lerna wasn’t open source any more5.

From The Guardian • Mar. 29, 2019

But when I found out that Palantir was using Lerna, that was different – Palantir works with Ice.

From The Guardian • Mar. 29, 2019

Lerna Shirinian, Calderon’s communications director, said Fierro told her about the incident right after it happened.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 8, 2018

Hercules fighting the Hydra of Lerna, Salome, Jacob and the Angel, Moses exposed upon the Nile, are dazzling phantoms, which, eluding the literal text of history, recede to the depths of an unknown past.

From Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, November, 1878 of Popular Literature and Science by Various

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