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Oread Or Dryad

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noun

• (classical mythology) a minor nature goddess usually depicted as a beautiful maiden

• a larva of an insect with incomplete metamorphosis (as the dragonfly or mayfly)

• a voluptuously beautiful young woman

42%9Dryad's cousin
noun

• the nymph or spirit of a particular tree

• large cobra of southeastern Asia and the East Indies; the largest venomous snake; sometimes placed in genus Naja

31%4 Pool for an oread
noun

• a mountain lake (especially one formed by glaciers)

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New York Times02 Oct 1989 Down 19
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