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dry⋅ad

   [drahy-uhd, -ad]
–noun, plural -ads, -a⋅des  [-uh-deez] . (often initial capital letter) Classical Mythology.
a deity or nymph of the woods.
Compare hamadryad.

Origin:
1545–55; extracted from Gk Dryádes, pl. of Dryás, deriv. of drŷ(s) tree, oak
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