Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun hamadryad
2 senses of hamadryad
Sense 1
hamadryad -- (the nymph or spirit of a particular tree)
=> dryad, wood nymph -- (a deity or nymph of the woods)
Sense 2
hamadryad, king cobra, Ophiophagus hannah, Naja hannah -- (large cobra of southeastern Asia and the East Indies; the largest venomous snake; sometimes placed in genus Naja)
=> cobra -- (venomous Asiatic and African elapid snakes that can expand the skin of the neck into a hood)