caducibranchiate

English

Etymology

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

Adjective

caducibranchiate (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete, zoology) 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.

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