Hamadryad (hăm&adot_;drīăd), n.; pl. E. Hamadryads (-ădz), L. Hamadryades (-drī&adot_;dēz). [L. Hamadryas, -adis, Gr. Amadryas; ama together + dry^s oak, tree: cf. F. hamadryade. See Same, and Tree.]
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1. (Class. Myth.) A tree nymph whose life ended with that of the particular tree, usually an oak, which had been her abode.
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2. (Zoöl.) A large venomous East Indian snake (Ophiophagus bungarus), allied to the cobras.
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