Definition of Hamadriad
Hamadryad, a wood-nymph identified with a particular tree that was
born with it and that died with it.
- Wikipedia
Ham"a*dry`ad (hăm"&adot;*drī`ăd),
n.; pl. E. Hamadryads (-
ădz), L. Hamadryades (-
drī"&adot;*dēz). [L. Hamadryas, -adis, Gr.
"Amadrya`s; "a`ma together + dry^s
oak, tree: cf. F. hamadryade. See Same, and
Tree.]
1. (Class. Myth.) A tree nymph whose
life ended with that of the particular tree, usually an oak, which
had been her abode.
2. (Zoöl.) A large venomous East
Indian snake (Ophiophagus bungarus), allied to the
cobras.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- a wood-nymph
- the king cobra
- a kind of baboon, Papio hamadryas, venerated by the ancient Egyptians
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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