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   Hamadryad , n.; pl. E. Hamadryads , L. Hamadryades . [L. Hamadryas, -adis, Gr. Ὰμαδρυάς; ἄμα together + δρῦς oak, tree: cf. F. hamadryade. See Same, and Tree.]
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   (Class. Myth.) A tree nymph whose life ended with that of the particular tree, usually an oak, which had been her abode.
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   (Zool.) A large venomous East Indian snake (Ophiophagus bungarus), allied to the cobras.
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