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hamadryads

hamadryads is the plural of hamadryad.

Meaning of hamadryad

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
  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.

Questions about hamadryads

What is hamadryads the plural of?
Hamadryads is the plural of hamadryad.

Words near hamadryads in the dictionary

  1. hamades
  2. Hamadiye
  3. hamadryad
  4. hamadryades
  5. hamadryadic
  6. hamadryads
  7. hamadryas
  8. hamadryas baboon
  9. hamadryas baboons
  10. hamadryases
  11. Hamadān

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