Cryptic  

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  1. Having hidden meaning.
  2. Mystified or of an obscure nature.
  3. Involving use of code or cipher/cypher.
  4. Well camouflaged; having good camouflage.
  5. Apparently identical, but actually genetically distinct.

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Cryptic may refer to:

In science:

  • Cryptic species complex, a group of species that are very difficult to distinguish from one another
  • Crypsis, the ability of animals to blend in to avoid observation
  • Cryptic era, earliest period of the Earth

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Etymology

From Late Latin crypticus, from Ancient Greek κρυπτικός (kruptikós), from κρυπτός (kruptós, “hidden”), from κρύπτω (krúptō, “to hide”).

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