The Collaborative International Dictionary
Hamadryades
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.) A tree nymph whose life ended with that of the particular tree, usually an oak, which had been her abode.
(Zo["o]l.) A large venomous East Indian snake ( Ophiophagus bungarus), allied to the cobras.