hamadryas

Variant of hamadryad

hamadryad definition

hama·dryad (ham′ə drī′ad′, -əd)

noun

  1. Gr. Myth. a dryad; specif., a wood nymph whose life is bound up with that of the tree in which she lives
  2. king cobra
  3. an Arabian and N African baboon (Papio hamadryas) with ashy-gray fur
    usually called hamadryas ham′a·dry′as′ (-as′, -əs)

Etymology: L Hamadryas < Gr < hama, together with + dryas, dryad

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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