semicryptic
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Adjective
[edit]semicryptic (not comparable)
- Somewhat cryptic or enigmatic.
- 2015 November 14, Scott Cacciola, “Kevin Love Is Back With Cavs and More Determined”, in New York Times[1]:
- At one point, James took to social media to post semicryptic messages about the importance of fitting in.
- (zoology) Having a certain degree of camouflage.
- 1997, Johnny A. Waters, Christopher Grant Maples, Geobiology of echinoderms, page 20:
- Semicryptic and cryptic species suffer less damage than species that perch in the open […]