ヒドラ

noun

Hydra (mythological monster)

Refers to the many-headed serpent from Greek mythology, often used metaphorically for a persistent, multi-faceted problem.

from Ancient Greek

• ヘラクレスはヒドラを退たい治じした。

  Heracles defeated the Hydra.

• その組そ織しきはヒドラのように、一ひとつの問もん題だいを解かい決けつしても別べつの問もん題だいが現あらわれる。

  That organization is like a Hydra: when you solve one problem, another appears.

noun

hydra (freshwater polyp)

Only with reading ヒドラ

A small freshwater cnidarian of the genus Hydra, known for its regenerative abilities. Restricted to the reading ヒドラ.

• ヒドラは淡たん水すいに生せい息そくする小ちいさな生せい物ぶつだ。

  The hydra is a small organism that lives in fresh water.