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.

References

• “caducibranchiate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.