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English
Etymology
From Latin caducus (“falling”) (from cadere (“to fall”)) + English branchiate.
Adjective
caducibranchiate (not comparable)
- (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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