hamadryad
Meanings
Plural: hamadryades, hamadryads
Noun
- the nymph or spirit of a particular tree
- large cobra of southeastern Asia and the East Indies; the largest venomous snake; sometimes placed in genus Naja
- A wood-nymph who was physically a part of her tree; she would die if her tree were felled.
- A king cobra.
- A baboon of species Papio hamadryas, venerated by the ancient Egyptians.
- Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genera Hamadryas and Tellervo.
Origin / Etymology
From Latin Hamadryas, from Ancient Greek Ἁμαδρυάς (Hamadruás), from ἅμα (háma, “together”) + δρῦς (drûs, “tree”).
Synonyms
king cobra, Naja hannah, Ophiophagus hannah
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