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hamadryads
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.) 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.
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.