Hăm'a-drȳ'ad, n.

n.; Eng. pl. HĀM'A-DRȲ'ĀDS; Lat. pl. HĀM'A-DRȲ'A-DĒS. [Gr. Ἁμαδρυάς, from ἅμα, together, and δρῦς, δρυός, oak, tree; Lat. Hamadryas, Fr. hamadryade.] (Antiq.) A wood-nymph, feigned to live and die with the tree to which it was attached.