Dryas may refer to:
Biology
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''Dryas'' (plant), a genus of plants
* ''Dryas'', a monotypic genus of butterflies containing the single species ''
Dryas iulia
''Dryas iulia'' (often incorrectly spelled ''julia''),Lamas, G. (editor) (2004). Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera. Checklist: Part 4A. Hesperioidea – Papilionoidea. commonly called the Julia butterfly, Julia heliconian, the flame, or flambeau ...
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Dryas monkey
The Dryas monkey (''Chlorocebus dryas''), also known as Salonga monkey, ''ekele'', or ''inoko'', is a little-known species of Old World monkey found only in the Congo Basin, restricted to the left bank of the Congo River. It is now establishe ...
(''Cercopithecus dryas''), a little-known species of guenon found only in the Congo Basin
Geology
* Dryas, the name of several climatic periods, named for their abundant dryas flowers:
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Oldest Dryas
The Oldest Dryas is a biostratigraphic subdivision layer corresponding to a relatively abrupt climatic cooling event, or stadial, which occurred during the last glacial retreat. The time period to which the layer corresponds is poorly defined a ...
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Older Dryas
The Older Dryas was a stadial (cold) period between the Bølling and Allerød interstadials (warmer phases), about 14,000 years Before Present, towards the end of the Pleistocene. Its date range is not well defined, with estimates varying by 400 ...
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Middle Dryas
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Younger Dryas
The Younger Dryas (YD, Greenland Stadial GS-1) was a period in Earth's geologic history that occurred circa 12,900 to 11,700 years Before Present (BP). It is primarily known for the sudden or "abrupt" cooling in the Northern Hemisphere, when the ...
Other uses
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Dryas (mythology)
Dryas (Ancient Greek: , gen. , from "oak") is the name of several figures in Greek mythology, including:
* Dryas, an Egyptian prince as one of the sons of King Aegyptus. His mother was the naiad Caliadne and thus full brother of Eurylochus, ...
, several characters in Greek mythology
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Drias, Kavala
Drias, also referred to as Dryas (), is a village in Kavala, Greece. The village takes its name after the mythological Greek nymphs Dryads
A dryad (; , sing. ) is an oak tree nymph or oak tree spirit in Greek mythology; ''Drys'' (δρῦς) m ...
, or Dryas, a village in Greece
See also
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Dryad (disambiguation) A dryad is a form of mythological Greek nymph associated with trees.
Dryad may also refer to:
Military
* , any one of several ships of the Royal Navy
* ''Dryad''-class torpedo gunboat, in the Royal Navy
* Operation Dryad, a British Second World ...
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