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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Ham·a·dry·ad n.; pl. E. Hamadryads L. Hamadryades
 1. Class. Myth. A tree nymph whose life ended with that of the particular tree, usually an oak, which had been her abode.
 2. Zool. A large venomous East Indian snake (Ophiophagus bungarus), allied to the cobras.
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