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▸ adjective: Mystified or of an obscure nature.
▸ adjective: Involving use of a code or cipher.
▸ adjective: Of a crossword puzzle, or a clue in such a puzzle, using, in addition to definitions, wordplay such as anagrams, homophones and hidden words to indicate solutions.
▸ adjective: (zoology) Well camouflaged; having good camouflage.
▸ adjective: (zoology) Serving as camouflage.
▸ adjective: (biology, not comparable) Apparently identical, but actually genetically distinct.
▸ adjective: (zoology) Living in a cavity or small cave.
▸ noun: (informal) A cryptic crossword puzzle.
Similar:
esoteric,
mystifying,
concise,
mysterious,
incomprehensible,
inscrutable,
deep,
sibylline,
inexplicable,
cryptical,
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