Definition of "hamadryad" in English

noun

1. (Greek mythology) A wood-nymph who was physically a part of her tree; she would die if her tree were felled.

2. A king cobra.

3. A baboon of species Papio hamadryas, venerated by the ancient Egyptians.

4. Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genera Hamadryas and Tellervo.