Hydra

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Hydra may refer to:

• Lernaean Hydra, a many-headed serpent in Greek mythology
• Hydra (genus), a genus of simple freshwater animals belonging to the phylum Cnidaria

Astronomy

• Hydra (constellation), the largest of the modern star constellations
• Hydra (moon), a satellite of Pluto
• Hydrus

Brands and company names

• The Hydra, a literary magazine once edited by Wilfred Owen
• Hydra Network, an internet advertising company
• Hydra the Revenge, a roller coaster at Dorney Park
• Hydra Technologies of Mexico, a firm dedicated to the design and development of unmanned aerial vehicles

People

• Hydra (skater), roller derby skater
• Hydra (wrestler),American professional wrestler who is best known for his time in the wrestling promotion Chikara

Places

• Hydra, a wireless station at World War II Camp X
• Hydra, Algeria, a neighbourhood and a municipality in Algiers
• Hydra (island), an island of Greece

Popular culture

Comics and animation

• Hydra (comics), a secret criminal organization in the Marvel Universe
  • Viper (Madame Hydra), a Marvel supervillain, and enemy of the Avengers
• The Hydra, a villain in Lee Falk's comic strip The Phantom, and title character in issue 1071
• Hydra (Transformers) an anime character who transforms into a pteranodon; one of several Transformers characters called Hydra
• Hydra, a character in the anime/manga UFO Ultramaiden Valkyrie

Film and TV

• Hydra, a Dharma Initiative station on the TV series Lost
• Hydra (Chuck), a database on the TV series Chuck
• Hydra (film), a 2009 monster movie featuring the original legendary beast

Games

• The Hydra, a Cthulhu Mythos deity created by Henry Kuttner
  • Mother Hydra, co-ruler of the Deep One race and consort of Father Dagon in the fictional Cthulhu mythos
• Hydra (Dungeons & Dragons), a reptilian magical beast that has anywhere from five to twelve heads
• The Hydra, a V/STOL fighter jet in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas and Grand Theft Auto Online.

Music

• Hydra (band), an American southern rock band
• Hydra Entertainment, hip hop record label
• Hydra Head Records, an independent record label

Albums

• Hydra, a 2008 remix album by synthpop band Iris
• Hydra (Otep album), 2013
• Hydra (Satariel album), 2005
• Hydra (Toto album), 1979
• Hydra (Within Temptation album), 2014

Songs

• "Hydra", a song by Dir En Grey from their 2000 album Macabre
• "Hydra", a song by Toto from the 1979 album Hydra

Sports

• Hydra Trophy, awarded to the winner of the roller derby WFTDA Championships

Technology

Hardware solutions

• Hydra 100, a multi-GPU hardware solution
• Hydra (chess), a chess computer
• HYDRA Game Development Kit, a retro games development system, by André LaMothe
• Razer Hydra, a game controller
• NEC HYDRAstor, a disk-based grid storage system developed by NEC

Military vehicles

• Greek destroyer Hydra (D97), a Hellenic Navy World War II destroyer
• HMS Hydra, the name of several Royal Navy vessels
• Hydra (ship), a hydrogen ship
• Hydra 70, an air-to-ground rocket
• Hydra-class frigate, 4 ship frigate class of the Hellenic Navy
  • Greek frigate Hydra (F-452), lead ship of the Hellenic Navy frigate class
• Hydra-class ironclad, 3 ship class of French built Hellenic Navy ironclads
  • Greek ironclad Hydra,lead ship of the Hellenic Navy ironclad class
• Hydra-class minelayer, 2 ship class of Dutch 1910s minelayers
• Hydra-class sloop, 3 ship class of British steam sloops

Software

• Hydra (digital repository)
• Hydra (operating system)

See also

• All pages beginning with "hydra"
• All pages with titles containing hydra
• Hydro (disambiguation)