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hydralike

hydralike adjective: resembling a hydra.

Adjective

hydralike (comparative more hydralike, superlative most hydralike)

  1. Resembling a hydra
    • In the interim he pursued one of his most adventurous series, the so-called Hercules project, exploring the persistence of fascism in its hydralike forms.2009 January 25, Jori Finkel, “Worlds Collide in a Single Face”, in New York Times

Forms of hydralike

comparativemore hydralike
superlativemost hydralike

Origin of hydralike

From hydra + -like.

Questions about hydralike

What does hydralike mean?
Hydralike means resembling a hydra.
What part of speech is hydralike?
Hydralike is an adjective.

Words near hydralike in the dictionary

  1. hydragogue
  2. hydragogues
  3. hydrail
  4. hydralazine
  5. hydralazines
  6. hydralike
  7. hydram
  8. hydramide
  9. hydramides
  10. hydramine
  11. hydramines

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