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Definition: Caducous |
CaducousAdjective1. (biology) shed at an early stage of development; "most amphibians have caducous gills"; "the caducous calyx of a poppy". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "caducous" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1844. (references) |
Synonym: CaducousSynonym: shed (adj). (additional references) |
| Antonym: persistent (adj). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Caducous |
| English words defined with "caducous": shed. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "caducous": Caducary, Caduke. (references) |
| Language | Translations for "caducous"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | i dobët nga pleqëria. (various references) | |
Arabic | متساقط (flurried). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | рано падащ, преходен (deciduous, fleeting, fugitive, in between, intermediate, passing, temporal, temporary, transient, transit, transition, transitional, transitive, transitory, unabiding). (various references) | |
Czech | podléhající zkáze. (various references) | |
Danish | forgaengelig. (various references) | |
Dutch | caducus, vergankelijk. (various references) | |
French | caduc. (various references) | |
German | caducus. (various references) | |
Greek | προσωρινός (provisional, temporary). (various references) | |
Hungarian | tünékeny (evanescent, transient, transitory), tűnő (evanescent, transient), röpke (ephemeral, flighty, flitting, flying), pusztuló (dilapidated), pusztulásnak indult (caduceus), múlékony (deciduous, evanescent, fugacious, fugitive, unabiding), lehulló, futó (bickering, bishop, cursorial, passing, runner, running, track and field events, transient). (various references) | |
Italian | caduco (ephemeral, frail). (various references) | |
Manx | tuittymagh (accident, crumbling, epileptic; disagreement, falling; accidental, tottering). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | aducouscay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | caduco (decayed, deciduous, decrepit, dilapidated, effete, expiry, fugacious, impoverished, lapsed, lapsus, rickety). (various references) | |
Romanian | caduc, cãzãtor (cadent). (various references) | |
Russian | рано опадающий. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | prolazan (brief, evanescent, fleeting, fly-by-night, fugacious, momentary, negotiable, passable, passing, perishable, pervious, temporary, transient, transitory), koji rano otpada. (various references) | |
Spanish | caduco (caducean, deciduous). (various references) | |
Swedish | förgänglig (corruptible, evanescent, mortal, perishable, transient). (various references) | |
Ukranian | що рано опада", тимчасовий (ambulatory, casual, extempore, improvised, interim, jury, makeshift, provisional, provisory, seasonal, stopgap, temporal, temporary). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | không bền (fugitive, fungous, labile, unabiding, undurable), gi cỗi. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Words rhyming with "caducous" (pronounced 'Ca*du"cous'): Aduncous, Amurcous, Anasarcous, Anticous, Bifurcous, Bisulcous, Couscous, Dicoccous, Dioicous, Exsuccous, Exuccous, fuscous, Glaucous, Juncous, Leucous, Molluscous, Monoicous, Mucous, Noctilucous, Obuncous, Ochroleucous, Opacous, Pentacoccous, Petulcous, Polymeniscous, raucous, Rebucous, Rescous, Sarcous, Semiopacous, Spicous, Subfuscous, Submucous, Tetracoccous, Tricoccous, Uncous, Viscous. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-c-d-o-s-u-u" | |
-2 letters: caucus. | |
-3 letters: cocas, codas, scudo. | |
-4 letters: ados, cads, coca, coda, cods, cuds, docs, duos, ocas, ouds, scad, scud, soda, udos. | |
-5 letters: ado, ads, cad, cod, cos, cud, doc, dos, duo, oca, ods, oud, sac, sad, sau, sod, sou, udo. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-c-d-o-s-u-u" | |
+4 letters: succedaneous, unaccustomed. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)43 61 64 75 63 6F 75 73 |
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-.-. .- -.. ..- -.-. --- ..- ... |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000011 01100001 01100100 01110101 01100011 01101111 01110101 01110011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)C a d u c o u s |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0043 0061 0064 0075 0063 006F 0075 0073 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)3767708769818785 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Translations: Modern | 5. Rhymes 6. Anagrams 7. Orthography 8. Bibliography |
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