hamadryas

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hamadryas - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Hamadryas \Ha*ma"dry*as\ (h[.a]*m[=a]"dr[i^]*[a^]s), n. [L., a
     hamadryad. See Hamadryad.] (Zool.)
     The sacred baboon of Egypt (Cynocephalus Hamadryas).
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