English Explanatory Dictionary

caducibranchiate

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. With temporary gills; applied to those amphibians (most amphibians do this) in which the gills do not remain in adult life, but generally turn into legs.

Word forms

caducibranchiate

Etymology

From Latin caducus (“falling”) (from cadere (“to fall”)) + English branchiate.

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