hamadryad

ham·a·dry·ad

H0034000 (hăm′ə-drī′əd)n. pl. ham·a·dry·ads or ham·a·dry·a·des (-ə-dēz′) 1. Greek & Roman Mythology A wood nymph who lives only as long as the tree of which she is the spirit lives.2. See king cobra.

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[Middle English amadriad, from Latin Hamadryas, Hamadryad-, from Greek Hamadruas : hama, together with; see sem- in Indo-European roots + Druas, dryad (from drūs, oak; see deru- in Indo-European roots).]

hamadryad

(ˌhæməˈdraɪəd; -æd) n1. (Classical Myth & Legend) classical myth one of a class of nymphs, each of which inhabits a tree and dies with it2. (Animals) another name for king cobra[C14: from Latin Hamādryas, from Greek Hamadruas, from hama together with + drus tree; see dryad]

ham•a•dry•ad

(ˌhæm əˈdraɪ əd, -æd)

n., pl. -ads, -a•des (-əˌdiz) 1. a dryad who was the spirit of a particular tree and lived only as long as the tree. 2. king cobra. [1350–1400; Middle English < Latin, s. of Hamādryas wood nymph < Greek, =hama together with (c. same) + dryás dryad]

hamadryad

a dryad that is the spirit of a particular tree.See also: Mythology

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	hamadryad - the nymph or spirit of a particular treedryad, wood nymph - a deity or nymph of the woods
	2.	hamadryad - large cobra of southeastern Asia and the East Indies; the largest venomous snake; sometimes placed in genus Najaking cobra, Naja hannah, Ophiophagus hannahcobra - venomous Asiatic and African elapid snakes that can expand the skin of the neck into a hoodgenus Ophiophagus, Ophiophagus - king cobra

Translations

hamadríada