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noun
A wood-nymph who was physically a part of her tree; she would die if her tree were felled.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Greek
Topics: human-sciences, mysticism, mythology, philosophy, sciences
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noun
A king cobra.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A baboon of species Papio hamadryas, venerated by the ancient Egyptians.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genera Hamadryas and Tellervo.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
large cobra of southeastern Asia and the East Indies; the largest venomous snake; sometimes placed in genus Naja
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: king cobra, Ophiophagus hannah, Naja hannah
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Broader terms: cobra
noun
the nymph or spirit of a particular tree
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: dryad, wood nymph
History
From Latin Hamadryas, from Ancient Greek Ἁμαδρυάς (Hamadruás), from ἅμα (háma, “together”) + δρῦς (drûs, “tree”).
Across languages
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