hydra

«hydra» in Mova's school dictionary: A monster from Greek stories: a huge snake with many… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (hydras)

meaning for a pupil

A monster from Greek stories: a huge snake with many heads, where cutting one off lets more grow. Also a tiny water creature. tree →

sense in the lessons

in myths, the many-headed monster that a hero must slay

examples

• The hero had to slay the hydra. tree →
• The hydra had nine heads. tree →

note

the word gives no number; if a problem says the hydra has nine heads, that count is exact, as stated in the tale

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «hydra» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.