The Collaborative International Dictionary
Hamadryas \Ha*ma"dry*as\ (h[.a]*m[=a]"dr[i^]*[a^]s), n. [L., a hamadryad. See Hamadryad.] (Zo["o]l.) The sacred baboon of Egypt ( Cynocephalus Hamadryas).
Wiktionary
n. A large baboon, (taxlink Papio hamadryas species noshow=1), from northern Africa and Arabia, that was sacred in ancient Egypt
Wikipedia
Hamadryas was a nymph, the mother of the hamadryads in Greek mythology, and the name has been used repeatedly in scientific naming and may refer to:
Genera
- Hamadryas (butterfly), a genus of brush-footed butterflies
- Hamadryas (plant), a genus of plants
Species epithet
- The hamadryas baboon, Papio hamadryas
Rejected scientific names
- As a proposed (but rejected) generic name for the king cobra, a snake
- As a junior synonym generic name for the Tellervini, milkweed butterflies
- As a junior synonym generic name for the owl butterfly, genus Caligo, a group of butterflies with large spots
- As a junior synonym generic name for a proposed monotypic genus for Euclemensia woodiella, a rare British moth
- As a junior synonym species epithet for the lung breathing snail Bulimus eurystomus
Cracker butterflies are a neotropical group of medium-sized brush-footed butterfly species of the genus Hamadryas. They acquired their common name due to the unusual way that males produce a "cracking" sound as part of their territorial displays. The most comprehensive work about their ecology and behavior is that of Monge-Najera et al. (1998).
Hamadryas is a genus of flowering plants in the Ranunculaceae family.
Selected species:
- Hamadryas argentea
Category:Ranunculaceae Category:Ranunculaceae genera
Usage examples of "hamadryas".
Most of the cages held Hamadryas baboons, thousands of miles from the African jungles where they were born.
This is the way Western civilization would end, I thought bitterly, people worshiping in front of big dicks, like hamadryas baboons.
Apart from their custom of eating meat cut from living beasts, they are accursed because of their alleged association with the Cynocephalus hamadryas (Sacred Baboon).