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Ardea
- noun - type genus of the Ardeidae: large New and Old World herons
Cadra
- noun - a genus of Pyralidae
Fidia
- - A genus of small beetles, of which one species (the grapevine Fidia, F. longipes) is very injurious to vines in America.
Hydra
- noun - (Greek mythology) monster with nine heads; when struck off each head was replaced by two new ones; "Hydra was slain by Hercules"
- a long faint constellation in the southern hemisphere near the equator stretching between Virgo and Cancer
- small tubular solitary freshwater hydrozoan polyp
- 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"
India
- noun - a rare soft silvery metallic element; occurs in small quantities in sphalerite
- a republic in the Asian subcontinent in southern Asia; second most populous country in the world; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1947
Indra
- noun - chief Hindu god of the Rig-Veda; god of rain and thunder
Jidda
- noun - port city in western Saudi Arabia on the Red Sea; near Mecca
Judea
- noun - the southern part of ancient Palestine succeeding the kingdom of Judah; a Roman province at the time of Christ
Lydia
- noun - an ancient region on the coast of western Asia Minor; a powerful kingdom until conquered by the Persians in 546 BC
Madia
- noun - genus of sticky herbs with yellow flowers open in morning or evening but closed in bright light