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Hamadryad
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun Hamadryad has 2 senses
- hamadryad(n = noun.person) Array - the nymph or spirit of a particular tree; Array is a kind of dryad, wood nymph
- hamadryad(n = noun.animal) king cobra, naja hannah, ophiophagus hannah - large cobra of southeastern Asia and the East Indies; the largest venomous snake; sometimes placed in genus Naja; Array is a kind of cobra
is a member of genus ophiophagus, ophiophagus
CIDE DICTIONARY
Hamadryad, n. [L. Hamadryas, -adis, Gr. "Amadrya`s; "a`ma together + dry^s oak, tree: cf. F. hamadryade. See Same, and Tree.].
- A tree nymph whose life ended with that of the particular tree, usually an oak, which had been her abode. [1913 Webster]
- A large venomous East Indian snake (
Ophiophagus bungarus ), allied to the cobras. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
Hamadryad, n.
1 (in Greek and Roman mythology) a nymph who lives in a tree and dies when it dies.
2 the king cobra, Naja bungarus.
1 (in Greek and Roman mythology) a nymph who lives in a tree and dies when it dies.
2 the king cobra, Naja bungarus.
Etymology
ME f. L hamadryas f. Gk hamadruas f. hama with + drus tree
ROGET THESAURUS
Hamadryad
Jupiter
N Jupiter, god, goddess, heathen gods and goddesses, deva, Jupiter, Jove, pantheon, Allah, Bathala, Brahm, Brahma, Brahma, cloud-compeller, Devi, Durga, Kali, oread, the Great Spirit, Ushas, water nymph, wood nymph, Yama, Varuna, Zeus, Vishnu, Siva, Shiva, Krishna, Juggernath, Buddha, Isis, Osiris, Ra, Belus, Bel, Baal, Asteroth, Thor, Odin, Mumbo Jumbo, good genius, tutelary genius, demiurge, familiar, sibyl, fairy, fay, sylph, sylphid, Ariel, peri, nymph, nereid, dryad, seamaid, banshee, benshie, Ormuzd, Oberon, Mab, hamadryad, naiad, mermaid, kelpie, Ondine, nixie, sprite, denizens of the air, pixy, mythology, heathen-mythology, fairy-mythology, Lempriere, folklore, god-like, fairy-like, sylph-like, sylphic, you moonshine revelers and shades of night.
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