Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having caducous branchiæ or gills; losing the gills on attaining maturity: applied to amphibians such as the newts, as distinguished from
perennibranchiate amphibians. - noun One of the Caducibranchiata. Also
caducibranch .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Zoöl.) With temporary gills: -- applied to those Amphibia in which the gills do not remain in adult life.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective zoology With
temporary gills ; applied to thoseamphibians in which the gills do not remain inadult life.
Etymologies
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Latin caducus falling (from cadere to fall) + English branchiate.
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