by Linnaeus in 1758 after the Hydra, which was the many-headed beast of myth defeated by Heracles, as when the animal has a part severed, it will regenerate...
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The Lernaean Hydra or Hydra of Lerna (Ancient Greek: Λερναῖα ὕδρα, romanized: Lernaîa Húdrā), more often known simply as the Hydra, is a serpentine lake...
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freshwater animals belonging to the phylum Cnidaria Hydra or The Hydra may also refer to: Hydra (constellation) Hydra (moon), a satellite of Pluto Hydra (chess)...
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Hydra vulgaris, the fresh-water polyp, is a small freshwater hydroid with length from 10 mm to 30 mm and width about 1 mm. The hydra have four to twelve...
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Hydra oligactis, also known as the brown hydra, is a species of hydra found widely dispersed in the northern temperate zone. It is a common organism found...
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Hydra, or Ydra or Idra (EE-dra; Greek: Ύδρα, romanized: Ýdra, pronounced [ˈiðra] in Modern Greek, Arvanitika: Nύδρα/Nidhra), and in antiquity Hydrea,...
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budding, such as in Hydra and other cnidarians; or parthenogenesis, where fertile eggs are produced without mating, such as in aphids. Animals are categorised...
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Axel Jensen (section Hydra)
but their friends suggested they could live more cheaply on the island of Hydra, which was three hours away by ferry. After visiting Delphi the couple drove...
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aplenty, A Senile Animal couldn't have snarled to life at a better time." The vinyl edition was released as a 4-LP box set from Hydra Head Records. Each...
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The hydra effect or hydra paradox owes its name to the Greek legend of the Lernaean Hydra which grew two heads for each one cut off, and is used figuratively...
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Biological immortality (section Hydra)
freshwater animals possessing radial symmetry and contain post-mitotic cells (cells that will never divide again) only in the extremities. All hydra cells...
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Sessility (motility) (redirect from Sessile animal)
the tiny larval cochineals to a new host. Many sessile animals, including sponges, corals and hydra, are capable of asexual reproduction in situ by the process...
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Legendary creature (redirect from Fabulous animal)
Perseus, the (human/bull) Minotaur to be destroyed by Theseus, and the Hydra to be killed by Heracles, while Aeneas battles with the harpies. These monsters...
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and the Lernaean Hydra. The term "chimera" has come to describe any mythical or fictional creature with parts taken from various animals, to describe anything...
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Budding (section Animal reproduction)
parent organism. Organisms such as hydra use regenerative cells for reproduction in the process of budding. In hydra, a bud develops as an outgrowth due...
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Hydra viridissima is a species of cnidarian which is commonly found in still or slow-moving freshwater in the Northern temperate zone. Hydra viridissima...
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Labours of Hercules (section Second: Lernaean Hydra)
able to kill the hydra, after which he dipped his arrows in the Hydra's poisonous blood. According to Apollodorus, one of the Hydra's (here nine) heads—the...
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Morphallaxis (section Regeneration in Cnidarian hydras)
The classical example of morphallaxis is that of the Cnidarian hydra, where when the animal is severed in two (by actively cutting it with, for example,...
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Ashlesha is also known as the Clinging Star or Nāga. It is known as the Hydra. It extends from 16:40 to 30:00 Cancer . The planetary lord is Mercury or...
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Teams and organizations of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (redirect from Hydra (Marvel Cinematic Universe))
Garrett and Hydra push ahead with their plans while Coulson's team storm Cybertek and take Zeller hostage, believing he was working for Hydra. When Agent...
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Cnidaria (category Animal phyla)
sessile animals that live in cool to Arctic waters. Cnidarians range in size from a mere handful of cells for the parasitic myxozoans through Hydra's length...
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List of legendary creatures by type (redirect from List of legendary animals)
Cerberus Chimera Chonchon Double-headed eagle Dullahan Hekatonkheires Hydra Lernaean Hydra Nine-headed Bird Nukekubi Rokurokubi Orthrus Shesha Penanggalan Wanyūdō...
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as Hydra have become attractive model organisms to study the evolution of immunity. However, despite long-term efforts, stably transgenic animals could...
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although many of them have pronounced circadian rhythms. The fresh-water polyp Hydra vulgaris and the jellyfish Cassiopea are among the most primitive organisms...
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Genetically modified animals are animals that have been genetically modified for a variety of purposes including producing drugs, enhancing yields, increasing...
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Hydra is the sixth studio album by the heavy metal band Otep. It was released in 2013 on Victory Records. Hydra is a concept album. This is their only...
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Model organism (redirect from Animal models of behaviour)
; Lindgens, D.; Martinez, D. E.; et al. (2010). "The dynamic genome of Hydra". Nature. 464 (7288): 592–596. Bibcode:2010Natur.464..592C. doi:10.1038/nature08830...
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fought Heracles alongside the Lernaean Hydra. Leopards Ampelus, Claudius Aelianus in the "Characteristics of Animals" writes that there is a leopard called...
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cats, rabbits, most reptiles, freshwater shrimp tanks as planaria and hydra treatments, as well as seals. Fenbendazole works by binding to tubulin,...
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hydrozoans are the freshwater jelly (Craspedacusta sowerbyi), freshwater polyps (Hydra), Obelia, Portuguese man o' war (Physalia physalis), chondrophores (Porpitidae)...
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