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HAMADRYAD
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Large cobra of southeastern Asia and the East Indies; the largest venomous snake; sometimes placed in genus Naja
Synonyms:
hamadryad; king cobra; Naja hannah; Ophiophagus hannah
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("hamadryad" is a kind of...):
cobra (venomous Asiatic and African elapid snakes that can expand the skin of the neck into a hood)
Holonyms ("hamadryad" is a member of...):
genus Ophiophagus; Ophiophagus (king cobra)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The nymph or spirit of a particular tree
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("hamadryad" is a kind of...):
dryad; wood nymph (a deity or nymph of the woods)
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