Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗A dragon-like creature with many heads and the ability to regrow them when maimed. · Any of several small freshwater polyps of the genus Hydra and related genera, having a naked cylindrical body and an oral opening surrounded by tentacles. · A complex, multifarious problem or situation that cannot be easily and rapidly solved.
After the Hydra, from Greek mythology, which grew two new heads every time one of its heads was cut off. The biology sense alludes to the budding method of asexual reproduction that the hydra practices, similar to growing new heads. The figurative sense refers to how the creature could not be killed by a swift, decisive solution (in contrast to a Gordian knot).
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- Root classification mention*wed-ine-pro
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