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Amoeba vs. Hydra — What's the Difference?

Amoeba vs. Hydra — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Amoeba and Hydra

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Amoeba

An amoeba (; less commonly spelt ameba or amœba; plural am(o)ebas or am(o)ebae ), often called an amoeboid, is a type of cell or unicellular organism which has the ability to alter its shape, primarily by extending and retracting pseudopods. Amoebae do not form a single taxonomic group; instead, they are found in every major lineage of eukaryotic organisms.

Hydra

Greek Mythology The many-headed monster that was slain by Hercules.

Amoeba

Any of various one-celled free-living or parasitic protozoans having no definite form and moving by means of pseudopods.

Hydra

(Astronomy)A satellite of Pluto.

Amoeba

(biology) A member of the genus Amoeba of unicellular protozoa that moves by means of temporary projections called pseudopodia.
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Hydra

A constellation in the equatorial region of the southern sky near Cancer, Libra, and Centaurus. Also called Snake2.

Amoeba

(mathematics) The graph of the real part of the logarithms of a polynomial equation in complex numbers.

Hydra

A persistent or multifaceted problem that cannot be eradicated by a single effort.

Amoeba

(slang) An asexual.

Hydra

Any of several small solitary freshwater hydrozoans of the genus Hydra and related genera, having a cylindrical body and a mouth surrounded by tentacles.

Amoeba

A rhizopod common in fresh water, capable of undergoing many changes of form at will. Same as ameba. See Rhizopoda.

Hydra

Any of several small freshwater polyps of the genus Hydra and related genera, having a naked cylindrical body and an oral opening surrounded by tentacles.

Amoeba

Naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion

Hydra

(fantasy) A dragon-like creature with many heads and the ability to regrow them when maimed.

Hydra

A complex, multifarious problem or situation that cannot be solved easily and rapidly.

Hydra

A serpent or monster in the lake or marsh of Lerna, in the Peloponnesus, represented as having many heads, one of which, when cut off, was immediately succeeded by two others, unless the wound was cauterized. It was slain by Hercules. Hence, a terrible monster.
Gorgons, and Hydras, and Chimeras dire.

Hydra

Hence: A multifarious evil, or an evil having many sources; not to be overcome by a single effort.

Hydra

Any small fresh-water hydroid of the genus Hydra, usually found attached to sticks, stones, etc., by a basal sucker.

Hydra

A southern constellation of great length lying southerly from Cancer, Leo, and Virgo.

Hydra

(Greek mythology) monster with nine heads; when struck off each head was replaced by two new ones;
Hydra was slain by Hercules

Hydra

A long faint constellation in the southern hemisphere near the equator stretching between Virgo and Cancer

Hydra

Trouble that cannot be overcome by a single effort because of its many aspects or its persistent and pervasive quality;
We may be facing a hydra that defies any easy solution

Hydra

Small tubular solitary freshwater hydrozoan polyp

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