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Definition: Ophiophagus bungarus
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.]
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1. (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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2. (Zo["o]l.) A large venomous East Indian snake
(
Ophiophagus bungarus), allied to the cobras.
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