cryptic🔊

Having hidden (unapparent) meaning.

Mystified or of an obscure nature.

Involving use of a code or cipher.

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.

(zoology) Well camouflaged; having good camouflage.

(zoology) Serving as camouflage.

(biology) Apparently identical, but actually genetically distinct.

(zoology) Living in a cavity or small cave.

(informal) A cryptic crossword puzzle.