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||Cryp`to*bran`chi*a"ta (kr?p`t?-bra?`k?-
?"t?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. krypto`s
hidden + L. branchia a gill.] (Zoöl.)
(a) A division of the Amphibia; the
Derotremata. (b) A group of nudibranch
mollusks.

Cryp`to*bran"chi*ate (-br??"k?-?t),
a. (Zoöl.) Having concealed or
rudimentary gills.

Cryp`to*crys"tal*line (-kr?s"tal-l?n),
a. [Gr. krypto`s hidden + E.
crystalline.] (Geol.) Indistinctly
crystalline; -- applied to rocks and minerals, whose state of
aggregation is so fine that no distinct particles are visible,
even under the microscope.

Cryp"to*gam (kr?p"t?-g?m), n. [Cf.
F. cryptogame. See Cryptogamia.] (Bot.)
A plant belonging to the Cryptogamia.
Henslow.

||Cryp`to*ga"mi*a (kr?p`t?-g?"m?-?),
n.; pl.
Cryptogamiæ (-&?;).


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