hamadryad (n.)

  1. the nymph or spirit of a particular tree

  2. large cobra of southeastern Asia and the East Indies; the largest venomous snake; sometimes placed in genus Naja

    [ Syn: king cobra , ophiophagus hannah , naja hannah ]

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