hamadryad

  1. Noun.  (Greek mythology) A wood-nymph who was physically a part of her tree; fell the tree, kill the nymph.
  2. Noun.  The king cobra.
  3. Noun.  A kind of baboon, ''Papio hamadryas'', venerated by the ancient Egyptians.

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