as in nymph
a mythical goddess represented as a young girl and said to live outdoors
the ancients believed that hamadryads adopted particular trees as their permanent dwelling places
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Noun
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Inspectors spotted a live adult German cockroach below the front cold-top refrigerator and six live nymph cockroaches on the floor on the opposite side of that refrigerator.—
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Jo Sunday is like a forest nymph plucked out of an idyllic wood and thrown onto a Gowanus stage.—
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Iman stunned in a curve-hugging black V-neck mermaid dress at the Daily Front Row Fashion Media Awards co-hosted by Casamigos, where she was honored as Style Icon.—
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The Maritime Festival, with its ship battles, pirate village and breakfasts with mermaids, routinely draws thousands to Dana Point Harbor.—
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In Ovid’s version of the story, after cutting down a sacred oak, Erysichthon is cursed with insatiable hunger by the dryad nymph who inhabited it.—
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Having regained his health, Geralt heads off with Jaskier and the dryad Milva to find Ciri, following a little skirmish with some power-mad guards.—
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“Hamadryad.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hamadryad. Accessed 27 Sep. 2025.
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