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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: hamadryad (0.01746 detik)
Found 2 items, similar to hamadryad.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: hamadryad
hamadryad
n 1: the nymph or spirit of a particular tree
2: large cobra of southeastern Asia and the East Indies; the
largest venomous snake; sometimes placed in genus Naja
[syn:
king cobra,
Ophiophagus hannan,
Naja hannah]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Hamadryad
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.]
[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. (Zo["o]l.) A large venomous East Indian snake
(
Ophiophagus bungarus), allied to the cobras.
[1913 Webster]
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