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Yanomami (iou) and dryad (iou)


Yanomami (iou)



Yanomami noun & adjective. & Other vars. M20.
[Yanomami, from yanoman pl. of yanan person.]
A. noun. Pl. same. A member of a S. American Indian people inhabiting parts of southern Venezuela and northern Brazil; the Chibchan language of this people. M20.
b. attrib. or as adjective. Of or pertaining to the Yanomami or their language. M20.

dryad (iou)



dryad noun. . LME.
[Old & mod. French dryade from Latin Dryades pl. of Dryas from Greek Druas, Druades, from drus tree: see -AD1.]
Classical Mythology. A nymph supposed to inhabit trees, a wood nymph.
transf.: Byron The palm, the loftiest dryad of the woods.
dry'adic adjective L19.