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hamadryads

Word definitions for hamadryads in dictionaries

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
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.) ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (plural of hamadryad English)

Usage examples of hamadryads.

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.