Etymology

lepidic

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Today it means: scaly; growing as a scaly covering Full definition →

Ancient Greek λεπίς
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromλεπίς
  2. English todaylepidic

From Ancient Greek λεπίς (lepís) + -ic.

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekλεπίς all →

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