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hamadryad

/hæməˈdɹaɪæd/

hamadryad noun: a wood-nymph who was physically a part of her tree; she would die if her tree were felled.

Noun

hamadryad (plural hamadryads or hamadryades)

  1. (Greek) A wood-nymph who was physically a part of her tree; she would die if her tree were felled.
    • One of the most interesting species of Nymphs is the Dryads, or Hamadryads, those personifications of the vegetable life of plants.1828, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, volume II, London: William Harrison Ainsworth, page 228
    • The hamadryades have gone, like the golden fancies of which they were engendered—morning dreams of a young world scarce awake, but full of freshness and beauty. Yet often will the thought, or rather the fancy, come across me, that this wailing but most musical noise—heard in the dim evening, when...1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XVIII, in Romance and Reality. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 301
  2. A king cobra.
  3. A baboon of species Papio hamadryas, venerated by the ancient Egyptians.
  4. Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genera Hamadryas and Tellervo.

hamadryad meaning in Urdu and Kannada

hamadryad in Urdu

بن دیوی, کنگ کوبرا, شجر دیوی, شیش ناگ

hamadryad in Kannada

ವೃಕ್ಷದೇವಿ, ಕಾಳಿಂಗ, ಕರಿನಾಗರ, ದೊಡ್ಡ ವಾನರ

Forms of hamadryad

pluralhamadryads
pluralhamadryades

Origin of hamadryad

From Latin Hamadryas, from Ancient Greek Ἁμαδρυάς (Hamadruás), from ἅμα (háma, “together”) + δρῦς (drûs, “tree”).

Words formed from hamadryad

Questions about hamadryad

What does hamadryad mean?
Hamadryad means a wood-nymph who was physically a part of her tree; she would die if her tree were felled.
What is hamadryad in Urdu?
Hamadryad in Urdu is بن دیوی, کنگ کوبرا, شجر دیوی. See Hamadryad meaning in Urdu.
What part of speech is hamadryad?
Hamadryad is a noun.
How do you pronounce hamadryad?
Hamadryad is pronounced /hæməˈdɹaɪæd/.
What is the plural of hamadryad?
The plural of hamadryad is hamadryads.

Words near hamadryad in the dictionary

  1. hamadarin
  2. hamadas
  3. hamade
  4. hamades
  5. Hamadiye
  6. hamadryad
  7. hamadryades
  8. hamadryadic
  9. hamadryads
  10. hamadryas
  11. hamadryas baboon

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