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cryptobranchiate

cryptobranchiate adjective: having concealed, retractile or rudimentary gills, such as the axolotl.

Adjective

cryptobranchiate (comparative more cryptobranchiate, superlative most cryptobranchiate)

  1. Having concealed, retractile or rudimentary gills, such as the axolotl.

Forms of cryptobranchiate

Adjective
comparativemore cryptobranchiate
superlativemost cryptobranchiate
Noun
pluralcryptobranchiates

Origin of cryptobranchiate

From crypto- + branchiate.

Questions about cryptobranchiate

What does cryptobranchiate mean?
Cryptobranchiate means having concealed, retractile or rudimentary gills, such as the axolotl.
What part of speech is cryptobranchiate?
Cryptobranchiate is an adjective.

Words near cryptobranchiate in the dictionary

  1. cryptoblast
  2. cryptoblasts
  3. cryptobotany
  4. cryptobranch
  5. cryptobranches
  6. cryptobranchiate
  7. cryptobranchid
  8. cryptobranchids
  9. cryptobranchoid
  10. cryptobranchoids
  11. cryptobranchs

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