English-Thai Dictionary
hamadryad
N งูจงอาง
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
HAMADRYAD
n.[Gr. together, and a tree. ] A wood nymph, feigned to live and die with the tree to which it was attached.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
HAMADRYAD
Ham "a *dry `ad, n.; pl. E. Hamadryads, L. Hamadryades. Etym: [L.Hamadryas, -adis, Gr. hamadryade. See Same, and Tree. ]
1. (Class. Myth. )
Defn: A tree nymph whose life ended with that of the particular tree, usually an oak, which had been her abode.
2. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A large venomous East Indian snake (Orhiophagus bungarus ), allied to the cobras.
New American Oxford Dictionary
hamadryad
ham a dry ad |ˌhaməˈdrīəd ˌhæməˈdraɪəd | ▶noun 1 (also Hamadryad ) Greek & Roman Mythology a nymph who lives in a tree and dies when the tree dies. 2 another term for king cobra. ORIGIN via Latin from Greek hamadruas, from hama ‘together ’ + drus ‘tree. ’
Oxford Dictionary
hamadryad
hamadryad |ˌhaməˈdrʌɪəd, -ad | ▶noun 1 Greek & Roman Mythology a nymph who lives in a tree and dies when the tree dies. 2 another term for king cobra. ORIGIN via Latin from Greek Hamadruas, from hama ‘together ’ + drus ‘tree ’.
Duden Dictionary
Hamadryade
Ha ma dry a de Substantiv, feminin , die |Hamadry a de |die Hamadryade; Genitiv: der Hamadryade, Plural: die Hamadryaden griechisch-lateinisch Dryade
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