Dryad (disambiguation)
A dryad is a form of mythological Greek nymph associated with trees.
Dryad may also refer to:
Military
- HMS Dryad, any one of several ships of the Royal Navy
- Dryad class torpedo gunboat, in the Royal Navy
- Operation Dryad, a British Second World War commando raid
- DRYAD, a cryptographic system used by the United States military
- Dryade-class frigate, class of ship in the French Navy
- French frigate Dryade (1783), Hébé class ship of the French Navy
Entertainment
- Dryad (comics), a Marvel Comics character
- Dryad (DC Comics), planet in DC Comics
- Dryad (Dungeons & Dragons), game character
- Dryad, a character in the Quest for Glory game series
Music
- Dryad, role in the opera Ariadne auf Naxos by Richard Strauss
- Dryad, role in the opera Scylla et Glaucus by Jean-Marie Leclair
- Dryads, composition for voice and orchestra by John Bevan Baker
Literature
- Dryad, collection of stories by Ethel Mannin
- Dryades, poem by William Diaper
Places
- Dryad, Washington, an unincorporated town
- Dryad Lake, a lake in Montana
- Dryades Street, street and district in Central City, New Orleans
- Dryad Point, headland on North-East corner of Campbell Island in British Columbia
Other
- Dryad (repository), a nonprofit organization and international repository of scientific and medical data
- Dryad (programming), a Microsoft programming infrastructure
- SS Savoia, later renamed Dryad, a refrigerated cargo ship
- Dryad Press, a book publisher
- Dryad, painting by Evelyn De Morgan
- Dryade, merchant ship built by William Scott Shipbuilders
- Dryad (Minois dryas), a species of butterfly
See also
- The Dryad (disambiguation)
- Dryas (disambiguation)
- Dryad's saddle (Polyporus squamosus), an edible basidiomycete mushroom
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