hydra-headed

(hi’drii-hed’ed), a. Having nu- merous heads, like the Lernwan Hydra; hence, difficult of extirpation; self-renewing; springing up again after suppre ion, as abuses, vices, and the like. Never Hydra-headed wilfulne So soon did lose his seat, and all at once, As in this king. Shak., Hen. Y., i. 1.