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The nymph or spirit of a particular tree
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hamadryad
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A hamadryad (; ) is a Greek mythological being that lives in trees . They are a particular type of dryad , which are a particular type of nymph . Hamadryads are born bonded to a certain tree. Some believe that hamadryads are the actual tree, while normal ...
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n. 1 (context Greek mythology English) A wood-nymph who was physically a part of her tree; she would die if her tree were felled. 2 The king cobra. 3 A kind of baboon, (taxlink Papio hamadryas species noshow=1), venerated by the ancient Egyptians.
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n. the nymph or spirit of a particular tree large cobra of southeastern Asia and the East Indies; the largest venomous snake; sometimes placed in genus Naja [syn: king cobra , Ophiophagus hannan , Naja hannah ]
The Collaborative International Dictionary
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Hamadryad \Ham"a*dry`ad\ (h[a^]m"[.a]*dr[imac]`[a^]d), n.; pl. E. Hamadryads (-[a^]dz), L. Hamadryades (-dr[imac]"[.a]*d[=e]z). [L. Hamadryas, -adis, Gr. "Amadrya`s; "a`ma together + dry^s oak, tree: cf. F. hamadryade. See Same , and Tree .] (Class. Myth.) ...
Usage examples of hamadryad.
Then turning towards the rocks he spread open his arms and invoked the Nymphs, the mountains, the rivers, the lakes, the fields, the springs, the woods, and the sea-shore, by the several appellations of Oreads, and Naiads, and Limniads, and Limoniads, and Ephydriads, and Dryads and Hamadryads.
Hamadryad sprinkled it with sharkskin pepper and also with kunai seed, spilling much of both from his shaking hand.
The sun, moon, and stars, are all gods according to his system: Fountains are inhabited by nymphs, and trees by hamadryads: Even monkies, dogs, cats, and other animals often become sacred in his eyes, and strike him with a religious veneration.
He had ambitions to restock its basement vivaria with a private collection of captured animals, prime amongst which would be the preadult hamadryad he had yet to catch.
But I’m married to three of your descendants - Tamara, Ishtar, and Hamadryad - and co-husband to another, Ira Weatheral.
She had grown with it, as hamadryads did, protect-ing it and being protected by it.
If trees had ogres toprotect them instead of cute but helpless hamadryads, veryfew trees would be destroyed.
Dryads and hamadryads have become more attached over time to single trees, with whom they share a symbiotic life.
But it took several years before Ira admitted that there was no reason for him not to marry his own daughter - Hamadryad just smiled and outwaited him.
She showed him how the huge water oaks of the swamp ex -- tended protective spells for the little fish who lived among their roots and helped fertilize them with their droppings, and how the hamadryad, or tree nymph, could be glimpsed if one had the patience to be still and really look for her.
She showed him how the huge water oaks of the swamp extended protective spells for the little fish who lived among their roots and helped fertilize them with their droppings, and how the hamadryad, or tree nymph, could be glimpsed if one had the patience to be still and really look for her.
He was able to identify the exact species of water oak near their cabin, and the variety of hamadryad too.