Helen Fenton

Caduceus: Definition and part of speech

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Caduceus

  1. n. The official staff or wand of Hermes or Mercury, the messenger of the gods. It was originally said to be a herald’s staff of olive wood, but was afterwards fabled to have two serpents coiled about it, and two wings at the top.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Caducibranchiate: Definition and part of speech

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Caducibranchiate

  1. a. With temporary gills: — applied to those Amphibia in which the gills do not remain in adult life.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Caducous: Definition and part of speech

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Caducous

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

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Caecal: Definition and part of speech

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Caecal

  1. a. Having the form of a caecum, or bag with one opening; baglike; as, the caecal extremity of a duct.
  2. a. Of or pertaining to the caecum, or blind gut.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Caecilian: Definition and part of speech

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Caecilian

  1. n. A limbless amphibian belonging to the order Caeciliae or Ophimorpha. See Ophiomorpha.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.