hamadryad

ham·a·dry·ad (h

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n. pl. ham·a·dry·ads or ham·a·dry·a·des (-

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1. Greek & Roman Mythology A wood nymph who lives only as long as the tree of which she is the spirit lives.

2. See king cobra.

[Middle English amadriad, from Latin Hamadryas, Hamadryad-, from Greek Hamadruas : hama, together with; see sem-¹ in Indo-European roots + Druas, dryad (from drs, oak; see deru- in Indo-European roots).]

hamadryad [ˌhæməˈdraɪəd -æd]

1. (Myth & Legend / Classical Myth & Legend) Classical myth one of a class of nymphs, each of which inhabits a tree and dies with it

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) another name for king cobra

[from Latin Hamādryas, from Greek Hamadruas, from hama together with + drus tree; see dryad]

hamadryad

a dryad that is the spirit of a particular tree.

See also: Mythology

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Noun	1.	hamadryad - the nymph or spirit of a particular tree dryad, wood nymph - a deity or nymph of the woods
	2.	hamadryad - large cobra of southeastern Asia and the East Indies; the largest venomous snake; sometimes placed in genus Naja king cobra, Naja hannah, Ophiophagus hannah cobra - venomous Asiatic and African elapid snakes that can expand the skin of the neck into a hood genus Ophiophagus, Ophiophagus - king cobra

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cobra dryad genus Ophiophagus hamadryas king cobra mythology Naja hannah Ophiophagus Ophiophagus hannah reptile wood nymph	And driven the Hamadryad from the wood To seek a shelter in some happier star? Poems by Poe, Edgar Allan View in context You will look like a tall Hamadryad, dark and strong and noble, just issued from one of the fir-trees, when the stems are casting their afternoon shadows on the grass. The Mill on the Floss by Eliot, George View in context The nymph with the bodice of oaken bark (she was the hamadryad of an oak) threw a handful of acorns among them; and the two and twenty hogs scrambled and fought for the prize, as if they had tasted not so much as a noggin of sour milk for a twelvemonth. Tanglewood Tales by Hawthorne, Nathaniel View in context	Halteres halterneck halting haltingly Halton halutz halvah Halvans halve Halved halves Halwe halyard Halysites Ham ham actor ham and eggs ham hock ham it up ham sandwich ham up ham-fisted ham-handed Hama Hamadan hamadryad hamadryas Hamah hamal Hamamatsu hamamelid dicot family hamamelid dicot genus Hamamelidaceae hamamelidaceous Hamamelidae Hamamelidanthum Hamamelidoxylon hamamelis Hamamelis vernalis Hamamelis virginiana Hamamelites Haman hamantasch hamartia hamartiology hamartoma hamartomania hamartophobia Hamas hamate hamate bone	ham-fisted ham-fistedly ham-fistedness ham-handed ham-handed ham-handedly ham-handedness HAM-TMC HAM/N HAM/TSP Hama Hama Hama Hama Hama Hama, Syria Hama, Syria Hama, Syria HAMAA Hamacher Resource Group Hamad General Hospital Hamad Medical Corporation Hamada Hamada, Shoji Hamadan Hamadan Hamadan ass Hamadan Rugs Hamadan Rugs Hamadan University of Medical Sciences hamadryad hamadryades hamadryades hamadryads hamadryads hamadryads Hamadryads (Greek mythology) Hamadryads (Greek mythology) hamadryas hamadryas Hamadryas Baboon Hamadryas Baboon hamadryas baboons hamadryases Hamaguchi Yuko Hamaguchi, Osachi Hamah Hamah Hamah Hamah Hamaker Force Interactions Hamaker Force Interactions Hamaker Force Interactions hamal hamal hamal Hamamatsu Hamamatsu Hamamatsu City Hamamatsu City Hamamatsu, Japan

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And driven the Hamadryad from the wood To seek a shelter in some happier star?

Poems by Poe, Edgar Allan View in context

You will look like a tall Hamadryad, dark and strong and noble, just issued from one of the fir-trees, when the stems are casting their afternoon shadows on the grass.

The Mill on the Floss by Eliot, George View in context

The nymph with the bodice of oaken bark (she was the hamadryad of an oak) threw a handful of acorns among them; and the two and twenty hogs scrambled and fought for the prize, as if they had tasted not so much as a noggin of sour milk for a twelvemonth.

Tanglewood Tales by Hawthorne, Nathaniel View in context

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