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hamadryad

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Noun
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ham=a=dry=ad

CIDE DICTIONARY

hamadryadn. [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.

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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