retic

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/ɹɪˈtɪk/

noun

Reticulated python.

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Meanings

nounretic (plural retics)

plural retics

  1. informalReticulated python.

    Perhaps the simplest of the traits bred for is the perpetuation of a yellow head. Retics having this also often have a degree of brighter than normal yellow in their otherwise normal body pattern.

    2002, Richard D. Bartlett, Patricia Bartlett, Designer Reptiles and Amphibians
  2. informalmedicineReticulocyte.

Synonyms & antonyms

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reticulated python

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APA

retic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/retic

MLA

“retic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/retic. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “retic,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/retic.

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