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lepidic

lepidic adjective: scaly; growing as a scaly covering.

Adjective

lepidic (not comparable)

  1. scaly; growing as a scaly covering

Origin of lepidic

From Ancient Greek λεπίς (lepís) + -ic.

Questions about lepidic

What does lepidic mean?
Lepidic means scaly; growing as a scaly covering.
What part of speech is lepidic?
Lepidic is an adjective.

Words near lepidic in the dictionary

  1. lepetopsids
  2. lephet
  3. lepicerid
  4. lepicerids
  5. lepid
  6. lepidic
  7. lepidicrocite
  8. lepidine
  9. lepidines
  10. lepidium
  11. lepidiums

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