HAMADRYAD

n.

2 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

A tree nymph whose life ended with that of the particular tree, usually an oak, which had been her abode.

2.
n.

A large venomous East Indian snake (Orhiophagus bungarus), allied to the cobras.


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