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hamadryad

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hamadryad

Large and poisonous cobra found from India to China and the Philippines, sometimes reaching a length of 5 m/16 ft. It is one of the longest and most venomous of snakes, and is yellow with black crossbands.

Classification

The hamadryad Ophiophagus hannah is in family Elapidae, suborder Serpentes, order Squamata, class Reptilia.

hamadryad

In Greek mythology, a nymph who inhabits a tree.



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And driven the Hamadryad from the wood To seek a shelter in some happier star?
Poems by Poe, Edgar Allan View in context
You will look like a tall Hamadryad, dark and strong and noble, just issued from one of the fir-trees, when the stems are casting their afternoon shadows on the grass.
The Mill on the Floss by Eliot, George View in context
The nymph with the bodice of oaken bark (she was the hamadryad of an oak) threw a handful of acorns among them; and the two and twenty hogs scrambled and fought for the prize, as if they had tasted not so much as a noggin of sour milk for a twelvemonth.
Tanglewood Tales by Hawthorne, Nathaniel View in context
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