| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Noun Plural | 1. Plural inflection of the noun hamadryad.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Noun Base (hamadryad) | 1. The nymph or spirit of a particular tree.[Wordnet]. 2. Large cobra of southeastern Asia and the East Indies; the largest venomous snake; sometimes placed in genus Naja.[Wordnet]. 3. A tree nymph whose life ended with that of the particular tree, usually an oak, which had been her abode.[Websters]. 4. A large venomous East Indian snake (Orhiophagus bungarus), allied to the cobras.[Websters]. | |
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Date "HAMADRYADS" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1817. (references) |
Specialty Definition: HAMADRYADS
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Literature | 1: Hamadryads Nymphs of trees supposed to live in forest-trees, and die when the tree dies. (Greek, hama, together with drus, a forest-tree.) 2: The nymphs of fruit-trees were called "Melides" or "Hamamelids." Source: Brewer's Dictionary. | ||
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Common Expressions: hamadryad
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| Hamadryad (disambiguation) | The term hamadryad has several uses. (references) | ||
| Hamadryad (Revelation Space) | The Hamadryad is a fictional alien species, native to the planet Santiago peninsula of Sky's Edge in Alastair Reynolds's Revelation Space hard science fiction space opera novels. Most information about them is imparted in the novel Chasm City, where much of the action takes place on Sky's Edge. Hamadryads are named for the hamadryads of Greek mythology, for reasons which become obvious with an understanding of the animal's lifecycle. (references) | ||
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| Hamadryad | 9 | Hamadryad | 9 | |
| Hamadryad (alternative meanings) | 2 | Hamadryad (alternative meanings) | 2 | |
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