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Webster 1913 Edition
Hamadryad
Ham′a-dryˊad
(hăm′ȧ-drīˊăd)
, Noun.
pl. E.
Hamadryads
(-ădz)
, L. Hamadryades
(-drī′ȧ-dēz)
. 1.
(Class. Myth.)
A tree nymph whose life ended with that of the particular tree, usually an oak, which had been her abode.
2.
(Zool.)
A large venomous East Indian snake (
Ophiophagus bungarus
), allied to the cobras. Webster 1828 Edition
Hamadryad
HAM'ADRYAD
,Noun.
Definition 2025
hamadryad
hamadryad
English
Noun
hamadryad (plural hamadryads or hamadryades)
- (Greek mythology) A wood-nymph who was physically a part of her tree; she would die if her tree were felled.
- The king cobra.
- A kind of baboon, Papio hamadryas, venerated by the ancient Egyptians.
Translations
a wood nymph
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The king cobra
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See also
- Daphne
- Meliai