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                                            a minute freshwater coelenterate with a stalk-like tubular body and a ring of tentacles around the mouth
                                            水螅。
                                         
                                        
                                     
                                 
                                
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                        
                                            Greek Mythology a many-headed snake whose heads grew again as they were cut off, killed by Hercules
                                            【希腊神话】 九头蛇(头被砍掉后能再长出来,被赫拉克勒斯杀死)。
                                         
                                        
                                     
                                    
                                        
                                            [as noun hydra]a thing which is hard to overcome or resist because of its pervasive or enduring quality or its many aspects
                                            难以根除的祸害,大患;难以抵制的事物。
                                         
                                        
                                     
                                    
                                        
                                            Astronomy the largest constellation (the Water Snake or Sea Monster), said to represent the beast slain by Hercules. Its few bright stars are close to the celestial equator
                                            【天文】 长蛇星座。比较HYDRUS.
                                         
                                        
                                     
                                    
                                        
                                            [as  genitive Hydrae /-driː/ ]used with preceding letter or numeral to designate a star in this constellation
                                            [与其前面的字母或数字连用以标记该星座中的星]长蛇星座的
                                         
                                        
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the star Beta Hydrae.
                                                长蛇座β星。
                                             
                                        
                                     
                                 
                             
                            
                            
                            
                            
                            
                            
                            
                            
                            
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                                "via Latin from Greek hudra ‘water snake' (see HYDRA), named by Linnaeus because, if cut into pieces, each section can grow into a whole animal.via Latin from Greek hudra."