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caducous - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'caducous' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Caducous
- Dropping off or disappearing early, as the calyx of a poppy, or the gills of a tadpole.

Meaning of 'caducous' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . caducous [ a]
Meaning (1):
- shed at an early stage of development
Example in sentence:
  • most amphibians have caducous gills;
  • the caducous calyx of a poppy

Nearby Words:

cad cadaster cadastral cadastre cadaver cadaveric cadaverous cadbait caddice caddie

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