Hydra

Hydra ("water serpent") is the name of the Lernaean Hydra, a many-headed serpent in Greek mythology. "Hydra" may also refer to:

Contents 1 Zoology 2 Astronomy 3 Places 4 Military Vehicles 5 Music 6 Brands and company names 7 Popular culture 8 See also

Zoology

• Hydra (genus), a genus of simple fresh-water animals

Astronomy

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

Places

• Hydra island, a Greek island
• Hydra, Algeria, a city
• Hydra, a wireless station at World War II Camp X

Military Vehicles

• Hydra class frigate, the name of a frigate class of the Hellenic Navy
• Greek battleship Hydra, a Hellenic Navy pre-dreadnought battleship
• HMS Hydra, the name of several Royal Navy vessels
• Hydra (ship), a hydrogen ship
• Hydra 70, an air-to-ground rocket

Music

• Hydra (band), a Southern rock band
• Hydra (Iris album), a 2008 remix album by synthpop band Iris
• Hydra (Satariel album), a 2005 studio album by the melodic death metal band Satariel
• Hydra (Toto album), a 1979 album by Toto, and the title song
• "Hydra", a song by Dir En Grey from their 2000 album Macabre
• Hydra Entertainment, hip hop record label
• Hydra Head Records, an independent record label

Brands and company names

• The Hydra, a literary magazine once edited by Wilfred Owen
• Hydra the Revenge, a roller coaster at Dorney Park
• Hydra Network, an internet advertising company
• Hydra (wrestler), American professional wrestler who is best known for his time in the wrestling promotion Chikara
• Hydra (chess), a chess computer
• Hydra (operating system)
• Hydra (software), project management software
• HYDRA Game Development Kit, a retro games development system, by André LaMothe
• Hydra 100, a multi-gpu hardware solution
• Hydra Technologies of Mexico, a firm dedicated to the design and development of unmanned aerial vehicles

Popular culture

• HYDRA, a secret criminal organization in the Marvel Universe
  • Viper (Madame Hydra), a Marvel supervillain, and enemy of the Avengers
• Hydra (Transformers), one of several Transformers characters
• Hydra (Dungeons & Dragons), a reptilian magical beast that has anywhere from five to twelve heads
• 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
• The Hydra flak tank in the Warhammer 40,000 universe
• Hydra, a Dharma Initiative station on the TV series Lost
• Hydra (Chuck), a database on the TV series Chuck

See also

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

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