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cryptic
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adjective
(= deep, inscrutable, mysterious, mystifying)
of an obscure nature
the new insurance policy is written without cryptic or mysterious terms
a deep dark secret
the inscrutable workings of Providence
in its mysterious past it encompasses all the dim origins of life
— Rachel Carson
rituals totally mystifying to visitors from other lands
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adjective
having a puzzling terseness
a cryptic note
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adjective
(= cabalistic, sibylline)
having a secret or hidden meaning
cabalistic symbols engraved in stone
cryptic writings
thoroughly sibylline in most of his pronouncements
— John Gunther
flycatcher
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noun
(= New World flycatcher)
large American birds that characteristically catch insects on the wing
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noun
(= Old World flycatcher)
any of a large group of small songbirds that feed on insects taken on the wing