hamadryad

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: ham=a=dry=ad

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.

Etymology

ME f. L hamadryas f. Gk hamadruas f. hama with + drus tree

ROGET THESAURUS

hamadryad

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