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anticryptic

American

[an-tee-krip-tik, an-tahy-] / ˌæn tiˈkrɪp tɪk, ˌæn taɪ- /

adjective

Zoology.

serving to conceal an animal from its prey.

Other Word Forms

anticryptically

adverb

Etymology

Origin of anticryptic

First recorded in 1885–90; anti- + cryptic

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