Cryptic definitions

Cryptic

1) Abrupt 2) Cryptical 3) Deep 4) Enigmatic 5) Fitted for concealing 6) Having a mysterious meaning 7) Having a puzzling terseness 8) Incomprehensible 9) Inexplicable 10) Inscrutable 11) Mysterious 12) Mysterious as this clue 13) Mysterious in meaning 14) Mystifying 15) Obscure in meaning 16) Of an obscure nature
Found on https://www.crosswordclues.com/clue/cryptic

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Cryptic

1) Arcane 2) Cabalistic 3) Coded 4) Concise 5) Cryptical 6) Esoteric 7) Incomprehensible 8) Inexplicable 9) Inscrutable 10) Kabbalistic 11) Mysterious 12) Mystifying 13) Obscure 14) Qabalistic
Found on https://www.crosswordclues.com/clue/cryptic

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Cryptic

Cryptic can refer to: In science: In music: In games and entertainment: ...
Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryptic

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Cryptic

• (a.) Alt. of Cryptical
Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/cryptic/

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cryptic

(adj.) Term used to describe cavernicoles which may be difficult to locate, due to being very small (often
Found on http://www.cancaver.ca/docs/glossary.htm

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cryptic

Describes the behavior of remaining hidden
Found on http://www.coastalplainsreptiles.com/glossary.htm

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Cryptic

Camouflaged coloration used to help conceal an animal.
Found on http://www.conservewildlifenj.org/glossary/

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Cryptic

Colouring and or pattern adapted for the purpose of protection from predators or prey by concealment.
Found on http://www.earthlife.net/insects/glossary.html

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Cryptic

pertaining to concealment, usually in reference to color pattern or behavior (e.g., hiding in reef crevices.)
Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20126

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cryptic

Hidden; occult; larvate. ... Origin: G. Kryptikos ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20973

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cryptic

an organism that blends into its surroundings.
Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/22036

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Cryptic

Cryp'tic (krĭp'tĭk), Cryp'tic*al (-t?-k a l) adjective [ Latin crypticus , Greek kryptiko`s , from kry`ptein to hide.] Hidden; secret; occult. 'Her [ nature's] more cryptic ways of working.' Glanvill.
Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/C/197

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Cryptic

Colouring and or pattern adapted for the purpose of protection from predators or prey by concealment.
Found on http://www.geog.ubc.ca/biodiversity/efauna/InsectGlossary.html

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cryptic

secret with a hidden meaning 
Found on http://www.graduateshotline.com/list.html

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Cryptic

Marking, colouring or behaviour that makes a bird difficult for a predator to see. Disperser: A bird that has moved away from its breeding or normal resident range.
Found on http://www.kuwaitbirds.org/birding/glossary

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Cryptic

Cryptic: Hidden. Cryptic tonsillitis is hidden within the depths of the tonsil. From the Greek 'kryptos' meaning hidden or concealed.
Found on http://www.medterms.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=25400

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cryptic

(Gk: kryptos hidden) concealed. Cryptic coloration coloration designed to conceal.
Found on http://www.seafriends.org.nz/books/glossary.htm

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cryptic

cryptic, cryptically 1. Deliberately mysterious and seeming to have a hidden meaning. 2. With an indirect solution or clue, e.g., crosswords, puzzles, or anagrams. 3. Secret or hidden in some way. 4. Using or relating to codes and similar techniques. 5. In zoology, used to describe body markings and color that camouflage an animal. ...
Found on http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/info/view_unit/2455/

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Cryptic

Hidden - having protective colouring and/ or behaviour
Found on https://birds.iitk.ac.in/glossary?page=45

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cryptic

cryptical adjective of an obscure nature; `the new insurance policy is written without cryptic or mysterious terms`; `a deep dark secret`; `the inscrutable workings of Providence`; `in its mysterious past it encompasses all the dim origins of life`- Ra...
Found on https://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20974

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Cryptic

Secretive in habits and/or having protective colouring or camouflage, e.g. plumage of larks matching the substrate.
Found on https://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/22222

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Cryptic

Inconspicuous or secretive by way of colour, pattern or behaviour.
Found on https://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/22658

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cryptic

mysterious in meaning; puzzling; ambiguous: a cryptic message. · abrupt; terse; short: a cryptic note. · secret; occult: a cryptic writing. · involving or using cipher, code, etc. · fitted for concealing; serving to camouflage.
Found on https://www.infoplease.com/dictionary/cryptic

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cryptic

[SAT terms] having a secret or hidden meaning
Found on https://www.vocabulary.com/lists/148732

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cryptic

[Intelligent words] of an obscure nature
Found on https://www.vocabulary.com/lists/52473

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