[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

hamadryad \ham"adry`ad\ ha^m".adrimac`a^d, n.; pl.
   e. hamadryads -a^dz, l. hamadryades
   -drimac".ad=ez. l. hamadryas, -adis, gr.
   "amadrya`s; "a`ma together + dry^s oak, tree: cf. f.
   hamadryade. see same, and tree.
   1913 webster
   1. class. myth. a tree nymph whose life ended with that of
      the particular tree, usually an oak, which had been her
      abode.
      1913 webster

   2. zool. a large venomous east indian snake ophiophagus
      bungarus, allied to the cobras.
      1913 webster
see also:
hamadryads hamadryades same tree ophiophagus bungarus 

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