Hydra

See also hydra, and Hydrus

Translingual

Wikipedia

Etymology

From Latin Hydra, the mythical serpent.

Proper noun

Wikipedia

Hydra

1. (zoology): A zoological name at the rank of genus in the family Hydridae. The hydras belong to the genus Hydra.

Wikispecies

See also

• Hydridae

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English

A Greek vase depicting the Lernaean Hydra

Etymology

From Latin Hydra, the mythical serpent, originally from Ancient Greek Ὕδρα.

Proper noun

Hydra

1. (Greek mythology) A mythological serpent with seven heads, slain by Hercules as one of his twelve labours. Also called the Lernaean Hydra.
2. (astronomy) A spring constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble a serpent. It lies just south of the zodiac and contains the star Alphard.
3. (astronomy) The name of one of Pluto's moons. (Named 21 June 2006).

Synonyms

• (astronomy, moon of Pluto): Pluto II , S/2005 P 1 , S/2005 P 1 (Hydra) , (134340) Pluto II , (134340) Pluto II Hydra , Pluto II (Hydra)

Derived terms

• Hydrae
• Hydrian

Translations

mythical serpent

Czech: Hydra (cs) f. Esperanto: hidro (eo) Finnish: Hydra (fi) French: Hydre de Lerne German: Hydra (de) f.

Greek: Λερναία Ύδρα (el) (Lernaía Ýdra) f. Ancient: Ὕδρα (grc) f. Italian: Idra di Lerna Portuguese: Hidra de Lerna Russian: Лернейская гидра Spanish: Hidra de Lerna

constellation

Czech: Hydra (cs) f., souhvězdí Hydry (cs) n. Esperanto: Hidro (eo) Finnish: Hydra (fi), Vesikäärme (fi) French: Hydre (fr) f. German: Wasserschlange (de) f.

Greek: Ύδρα (el) (Ýdra) f. Italian: Idra f. Portuguese: Hidra (pt) f. Russian: Гидра Spanish: Hydra (es)

one of Pluto's moons

Arabic: هيدرا (ar) Armenian: Հիդրա (hy) (Hidra) Belarusian: Гідра (be) (Hidra) Breton: Hydra (br) Bulgarian: Хидра (bg) (Khidra) Catalan: Hidra (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: (simplified) 冥卫三 (zh) (Míngwèisān) Croatian: Hidra (hr) Czech: Hydra (cs) Danish: Hydra (da) Dutch: Hydra (nl) Esperanto: Hidro (eo) Finnish: Hydra (fi) French: Hydra (fr), Hydre (fr) Galician: Hydra (gl) German: Hydra (de) Greek: Ύδρα (el) (Ýdra) Hindi: हाएड्रा (hi) (Hā'ēḍrā) Hungarian: Hydra (hu) Ido: S/2005 P 1 (io) Irish: Hydra (ga) Italian: Idra (it)

Japanese: ヒドラ (ja) (Hidora) Korean: 히드라 (ko) (Hideula) Latin: Hydra (la) Lithuanian: Hidra (lt) Low German: Hydra (nds) Manx: Hydra (gv) Marathi: हायड्रा (mr) Norwegian: Bokmål: Hydra (no) Nynorsk: Hydra (no) Persian: هیدرا (fa) Polish: Hydra (pl) Portuguese: Hidra (pt) Romanian: Hydra (ro) Russian: Гидра (ru) (Gidra) Slovak: Hydra (sk) Slovene: Hidra (sl) Spanish: Hidra (es) Turkish: Hydra (tr) Ukrainian: Гідра (uk) (Hidra) Vietnamese: Hydra (vi) Waray: Hydra Welsh: Hydra (cy)

See also

• (moons of Pluto) Charon, Nix, Hydra ^[edit]

Anagrams

• hardy, Hardy

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Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ὕδρα (Hydra)

Proper noun

Hydra

1. (Greek mythology) The Hydra (mythical serpent)