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HAMADRYAD
hamadryad, king cobra, Ophiophagus hannah, Naja hannah
(noun) large cobra of southeastern Asia and the East Indies; the largest venomous snake; sometimes placed in genus Naja
hamadryad
(noun) the nymph or spirit of a particular tree
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
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.
Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genera Hamadryas and Tellervo.
Source: Wiktionary
Ham"a*dry`ad, n.; pl. E. Hamadryads, L. Hamadryades. Etym: [L. Hamadryas, -adis, Gr. hamadryade. See Same, and Tree.]
1. (Class. Myth.)
Definition: A tree nymph whose life ended with that of the particular tree, usually an oak, which had been her abode.
2. (Zoöl.)
Definition: A large venomous East Indian snake (Orhiophagus bungarus), allied to the cobras.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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