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cryptic, cryptical Zoology (of the coloration of animals) tending to conceal by disguising or camouflaging the shape How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| I don't like cats as is women," was Alec's cryptic reply. Hence the name, which has no cryptic significance, but only fact. The father and daughter would have been quite content, apparently, to eat their dinner in silence, or with a few cryptic remarks expressed in a shorthand which could not be understood by the servants. |
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