caducibranchiate
With temporary gills; applied to those amphibians in which the gills do not remain in…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.
Meaning
1 senses(not comparable, obsolete)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.
Origin
From Latin caducus (“falling”) (from cadere (“to fall”)) + English branchiate.From Latin caducus (“falling”) (from cadere (“to fall”)) + English branchiate.
Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.