Caducibranchiate

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Caducibranchiate \Ca*du`ci*bran"chi*ate\, a. [L. caducus falling
     (fr. cadere to fall) + E. branchiate.] (Zool.)
     With temporary gills: -- applied to those Amphibia in which
     the gills do not remain in adult life.
     [1913 Webster]