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Meaning of hamadryad

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

hamadryad

Pronunciation:/hæməˈdɹaɪæd/

noun

Definitions

  1. A wood-nymph who was physically a part of her tree; she would die if her tree were felled.

  2. The king cobra.

  3. A kind of baboon, Papio hamadryas, venerated by the ancient Egyptians.

  4. Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genera Hamadryas and Tellervo.