Cryptic crossword clue
Hardy novel about a crazed nymph 9

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word HAMADRYAD

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What does HAMADRYAD mean?

HAMADRYAD noun
  1. A wood-nymph who was physically a part of her tree; she would die if her tree were felled.
  2. The king cobra.
  3. A kind of baboon, Papio hamadryas, venerated by the ancient Egyptians.
  4. Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genera Hamadryas and Tellervo.

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