hamadryad
/hæməˈdɹaɪæd/
noun
- 1
A wood-nymph who was physically a part of her tree; she would die if her tree were felled.
- 2
The king cobra.
- 3
A kind of baboon, Papio hamadryas, venerated by the ancient Egyptians.
- 4
Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genera Hamadryas and Tellervo.
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