hidra

Definitions of hidra
  1. noun
    any of numerous venomous aquatic viviparous snakes having a fin-like tail; of warm littoral seas; feed on fish which they immobilize with quick-acting venom
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    type of:
    serpiente, sierpe
    limbless scaly elongate reptile; some are venomous
  2. noun
    small tubular solitary freshwater hydrozoan polyp
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    type of:
    hidrozoo
    colonial coelenterates having the polyp phase dominant
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