"hamadryad" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /hæməˈdɹaɪæd/ Forms: hamadryads [plural], hamadryades [plural]
Etymology: From Latin Hamadryas, from Ancient Greek Ἁμαδρυάς (Hamadruás), from ἅμα (háma, “together”) + δρῦς (drûs, “tree”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|Hamadryas}} Latin Hamadryas, {{der|en|grc|Ἁμαδρυάς}} Ancient Greek Ἁμαδρυάς (Hamadruás), {{af|grc|ἅμα|δρῦς|nocat=1|t1=together|t2=tree}} ἅμα (háma, “together”) + δρῦς (drûs, “tree”) Head templates: {{en-noun|s|es}} hamadryad (plural hamadryads or hamadryades)
  1. (Greek mythology) A wood-nymph who was physically a part of her tree; she would die if her tree were felled. Tags: Greek Categories (topical): Greek mythology, Mythological creatures Categories (lifeform): Danaine butterflies, Elapid snakes, Nymphalid butterflies Translations (a woodnymph): Ᾱ̓δρῠᾰ́ς (Ādruás) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), Ἁμαδρυάς (Hamadruás) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), горска нимфа (gorska nimfa) [feminine] (Bulgarian), hamadryade [feminine] (French), αμαδρυάδα (amadryáda) [feminine] (Greek), hamadriado (Ido), amadriade [feminine] (Italian), ハマドリュアス (hamadoryuasu) (Japanese), Ādryas [feminine] (Latin), Hamadryas [feminine] (Latin), hamadríada [feminine] (Portuguese), гамадриада (gamadriada) [feminine] (Russian), hamadríada [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-hamadryad-en-noun-RX3Q~cHI Disambiguation of Mythological creatures: 41 2 36 21 Disambiguation of Danaine butterflies: 11 1 42 45 Disambiguation of Elapid snakes: 13 33 35 20 Disambiguation of Nymphalid butterflies: 11 1 40 48 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 24 1 41 34 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 15 2 44 40 Topics: human-sciences, mysticism, mythology, philosophy, sciences Disambiguation of 'a woodnymph': 87 4 6 3
  2. A king cobra. Categories (lifeform): Elapid snakes Translations (The king cobra): индийска кобра (indijska kobra) [feminine] (Bulgarian)
    Sense id: en-hamadryad-en-noun-pYwiPe~Y Disambiguation of Elapid snakes: 13 33 35 20 Disambiguation of 'The king cobra': 0 99 0 0
  3. A baboon of species Papio hamadryas, venerated by the ancient Egyptians. Categories (topical): Mythological creatures Categories (lifeform): Danaine butterflies, Elapid snakes, Nymphalid butterflies, Old World monkeys
    Sense id: en-hamadryad-en-noun-DNknOB0c Disambiguation of Mythological creatures: 41 2 36 21 Disambiguation of Danaine butterflies: 11 1 42 45 Disambiguation of Elapid snakes: 13 33 35 20 Disambiguation of Nymphalid butterflies: 11 1 40 48 Disambiguation of Old World monkeys: 15 2 57 26 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Ancient Greek translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Ido translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 24 1 41 34 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 15 2 44 40 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 22 1 43 33 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 20 1 47 31 Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 15 4 50 31 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 19 2 47 32 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 16 2 48 34 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 19 2 49 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Ido translations: 15 1 49 34 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 17 2 48 34 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 17 2 49 32 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 17 2 49 32 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 21 2 46 32 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 16 2 49 34 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 17 1 53 28
  4. Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genera Hamadryas and Tellervo. Categories (topical): Mythological creatures Categories (lifeform): Danaine butterflies, Elapid snakes, Nymphalid butterflies
    Sense id: en-hamadryad-en-noun-2dem4sed Disambiguation of Mythological creatures: 41 2 36 21 Disambiguation of Danaine butterflies: 11 1 42 45 Disambiguation of Elapid snakes: 13 33 35 20 Disambiguation of Nymphalid butterflies: 11 1 40 48 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 24 1 41 34 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 15 2 44 40
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: Daphne, Meliai

Inflected forms

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    "Terms with Japanese translations",
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          "text": "The hamadryades have gone, like the golden fancies of which they were engendered—morning dreams of a young world scarce awake, but full of freshness and beauty. Yet often will the thought, or rather the fancy, come across me, that this wailing but most musical noise—heard in the dim evening, when every tree has a separate sound like a separate instrument, and every leaf a differing tone like the differing notes—is the piteous lament of some nymph pent within the gray and mossy trunk whence she may never more emerge in visible loveliness.",
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          "text": "The various supports, rafters, braces and plates are of pandanus logs of a rich oily brown, and make one think of a sylvan cathedral where hamadryads might very well dance, where Syrinx might be chased by Pan, Daphne by Apollo, and various other heathen rites take place in the dark hours before the dawn.",
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      "roman": "gorska nimfa",
      "sense": "a woodnymph",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "hamadryade"
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      "roman": "amadryáda",
      "sense": "a woodnymph",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "αμαδρυάδα"
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      "sense": "a woodnymph",
      "word": "hamadriado"
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      "sense": "a woodnymph",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "ja",
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      "roman": "hamadoryuasu",
      "sense": "a woodnymph",
      "word": "ハマドリュアス"
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      "sense": "a woodnymph",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Ādryas"
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      "tags": [
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      "sense": "a woodnymph",
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      "word": "hamadríada"
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "indijska kobra",
      "sense": "The king cobra",
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