Part 5464

<h1>Hybridizer</h1> <Xpage=715>

<hw>Hy"brid*i`zer</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who hybridizes.</def>

<h1>Hybridous</h1> <Xpage=715>

<hw>Hy"brid*ous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Same as <er>Hybrid</er>.</def>

<h1>Hydage</h1> <Xpage=715>

<hw>Hyd"age</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>A land tax. See <er>Hidage</er>.</def>

<h1>Hydantoic</h1> <Xpage=715>

<hw>Hy`dan*to"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>Pertaining to, or derived from, hydantoin. See <er>Glycoluric</er>.</def>

<h1>Hydantoin</h1> <Xpage=715>

<hw>Hy*dan"to*in</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Hyd</ets>rogen + all<ets>antion</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A derivative of urea, <chform>C3H4N2O2</chform>, obtained from allantion, as a white, crystalline substance, with a sweetish taste; -- called also <altname>glycolyl urea</altname>.</def>

<h1>Hydatid</h1> <Xpage=715>

<hw>Hy"da*tid</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/, <?/, a watery vesicle under the upper eyelid, fr. <grk>"y`dwr</grk>, <grk>"y`datos</grk>, water: cf. F. <ets>hydatide</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A membranous sac or bladder filled with a pellucid fluid, found in various parts of the bodies of animals, but unconnected with the tissues. It is usually formed by parasitic worms, esp. by larval tapeworms, as Echinococcus and C\'d2nurus. See these words in the Vocabulary.</def>

<cs><col>Hydatid of Morgagni</col> <fld>(Anat.)</fld>, <cd>one of the small pedunculated bodies found between the testicle and the head of the epididymis, and supposed to be a remnant of the M\'81llerian duct.</cd></cs>

<h1>Hydatiform</h1> <Xpage=715>

<hw>Hy*dat"i*form</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Hydatid</ets> + -<ets>form</ets>.]</ety> <def>Resembling a hydatid.</def>

<h1>Hydatoid</h1> <Xpage=715>

<hw>Hy"da*toid</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <grk>"y`dwr</grk>, <grk>"y`datos</grk>, water + <ets>-oid</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>Resembling water; watery; aqueous; hyaloid.</def>

<h1>Hydr-</h1> <Xpage=715>

<hw>Hy"dr-</hw> <tt>(?)</tt><def>. See under <er>Hydro-</er>.</def>

<h1>Hydra</h1> <Xpage=715>

<hw>Hy"dra</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. E. <plw>Hydras</plw> <tt>(#)</tt>, L. <plw>Hydr\'91</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[L. <ets>hydra</ets>, Gr. <grk>"y`dra</grk>; akin to <grk>"y`dwr</grk> water. See <er>Otter</er> the animal, <er>Water</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Class. Myth.)</fld> <def>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.</def>

<blockquote>Gorgons, and <b>Hydras</b>, and Chimeras dire. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Hence: A multifarious evil, or an evil having many sources; not to be overcome by a single effort.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Any small fresh-water hydroid of the genus <spn>Hydra</spn>, usually found attached to sticks, stones, etc., by a basal sucker.</def>

<note>&hand; The body is a simple tube, having a mouth at one extremity, surrounded by a circle of tentacles with which it captures its prey. Young hydras bud out from the sides of the older ones, but soon become detached and are then like their parent. Hydras are remarkable for their power of repairing injuries; for if the body be divided in pieces, each piece will grow into a complete hydra, to which fact the name alludes. The zooids or hydranths of marine hydroids are sometimes called <i>hydras</i>.</note>

<p><b>4.</b> <fld>(Astron.)</fld> <def>A southern constellation of great length lying southerly from Cancer, Leo, and Virgo.</def>

<h1>Hydrachnid</h1> <Xpage=715>

<hw>Hy*drach"nid</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Hydr-</ets> + ar<ets>achnid</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>An aquatic mite of the genus <spn>Hydrachna</spn>. The hydrachids, while young, are parasitic on fresh-water mussels.</def>