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hamadryases

hamadryases is the plural of hamadryas.

Meaning of hamadryas

Noun

hamadryas (plural hamadryases)

  1. A large baboon (Papio hamadryas), from northern Africa and Arabia, that was sacred in ancient Egypt.
    Synonyms:
    hamadryad, hamadryas baboon, holy baboon

Questions about hamadryases

What is hamadryases the plural of?
Hamadryases is the plural of hamadryas.

Words near hamadryases in the dictionary

  1. hamadryadic
  2. hamadryads
  3. hamadryas
  4. hamadryas baboon
  5. hamadryas baboons
  6. hamadryases
  7. Hamadān
  8. Hamaguchi
  9. Hamaguchis
  10. Hamakawa
  11. Hamakawas

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