hamadryad
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[edit] Etymology
Latin Hamadryas, from Ancient Greek Ἁμαδρυάς, from ἅμα (“together”) + δρῦς (“tree”).
[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: /hæməˈdɹʌɪæd/
[edit] Noun
hamadryad (plural hamadryads)
- (Greek mythology) A wood-nymph who was physically a part of her tree; fell the tree, kill the nymph.
- The king cobra.
- A kind of baboon, Papio hamadryas, venerated by the ancient Egyptians.
[edit] Translations
a wood nymph
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