| Hamadryad 1. (n.) A tree nymph whose life ended with that of the particular tree, usually an oak, which had been her abode. 2. (n.) A large venomous East Indian snake (Orhiophagus bungarus), allied to the cobras. Thesaurus Entries Atlantides, Beehive, Cepheid variable, Hertzsprung-Russell diagram, Messier catalog, NGC, Napaea, Pleiades, Seven Sisters, absolute magnitude, binary star, black hole, double star, dryad, dwarf star, fixed star, flower nymph, giant star, glen nymph, globular cluster, gravity star, hamadryad, limoniad, magnitude, main sequence star, mass-luminosity law, mountain nymph, neutron star, nova, nymph, nymphet, nymphlin, open cluster, oread, populations, pulsar, quasar, quasi-stellar radio source, radio star, red giant star, relative magnitude, sky atlas, spectrum-luminosity diagram, star, star catalog, star chart, star cloud, star cluster, stellar magnitude, supernova, tree nymph, variable star, vila, white dwarf star, willi, wood nymph |