Caducous — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

shed at an early stage of development

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/kətˈɑːɹz/

🇬🇧British English

/kadjˈuːkəs/

🇮🇳Indian English

/kadjˈuːkəs/

3 syllables Say it as /kətˈɑːɹz/.

Examples

most amphibians have caducous gills
the caducous calyx of a poppy

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

shed

Antonyms

persistent

Parts of Speech

adjective

shed at an early stage of development

“most amphibians have caducous gills”

Around the World

Europe

🇫🇷French

caduc

versé à un stade précoce de développement

🇪🇸Spanish

caduco

cobertizo en una etapa temprana de desarrollo

🇮🇹Italian

caduca

capannone in una fase iniziale di sviluppo

🇳🇱Dutch

caduceus

werpen in een vroeg stadium van de ontwikkeling

🇵🇹Portuguese

caduco

eliminado em um estágio inicial de desenvolvimento

🇷🇺Russian

худощавый

сарай на ранней стадии развития

India

🇮🇳Hindi

समय से पहले गिरा हुआ

विकास के प्रारंभिक चरण में बहाएँ

🇮🇳Tamil

உதிரக்கூடிய

வளர்ச்சியின் ஆரம்ப கட்டத்தில் கொட்டியது

🇮🇳Telugu

మృదువుగా

అభివృద్ధి ప్రారంభ దశలో షెడ్

🇮🇳Gujarati

કેડુકસ

વિકાસના પ્રારંભિક તબક્કે શેડ

🇮🇳Kannada

ಉದುರಿದ

ಅಭಿವೃದ್ಧಿಯ ಆರಂಭಿಕ ಹಂತದಲ್ಲಿ ಚೆಲ್ಲುತ್ತದೆ

🇮🇳Malayalam

കൊഴിഞ്ഞുപോക്ക്

വികസനത്തിൻ്റെ പ്രാരംഭ ഘട്ടത്തിൽ ചൊരിഞ്ഞു

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

早落的

在发育的早期阶段脱落

🇯🇵Japanese

口うるさい

開発の初期段階で脱落する

🇰🇷Korean

신랄한

개발 초기 단계에 흘려보내다

🇻🇳Vietnamese

nhu nhược

rụng ở giai đoạn đầu của sự phát triển

🇹🇭Thai

ไร้สาระ

หลั่งออกมาในช่วงเริ่มต้นของการพัฒนา

🇮🇩Indonesian

yg berwawasan luas

ditumpahkan pada tahap awal perkembangan

🇵🇭Filipino

matakaw

malaglag sa isang maagang yugto ng pag-unlad

🇲🇾Malay

kaduk

dibuang pada peringkat awal pembangunan

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

نفضي

تسليط في مرحلة مبكرة من التطور

🇮🇷Persian

کادوک

در مراحل اولیه رشد ریخته می شود

🇮🇱Hebrew

קדחתנית

לשפוך בשלב מוקדם של התפתחות

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