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Hamadryad   Listen
noun
Hamadryad  n.  (pl. E. hamadryads, L. hamadryades)  
1.
(Class. Myth.) A tree nymph whose life ended with that of the particular tree, usually an oak, which had been her abode.
2.
(Zool.) A large venomous East Indian snake (Ophiophagus bungarus), allied to the cobras.





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"Hamadryad" Quotes from Famous Books



... daffodils To join the Hamadryades who groaned Over a sister newly fallen dead. That Life might perish out of Arcady From immemorial times was never said; Yet here one lay dead by her dead oak-tree. "Who made our Hamadryad cold and mute?" The others cried in sorrow and in wonder. "I," answered Death, close by in ashen suit; "Yet fear not me for this, nor start asunder; Arcadian life shall keep its ancient zest Though I be here. My name?—is ...
— Songs, Sonnets & Miscellaneous Poems • Thomas Runciman


Words linked to "Hamadryad" :   Naja hannah, Ophiophagus hannah, wood nymph, Ophiophagus, king cobra


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