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Dropping off or disappearing early, as the calyx of a poppy, or the gills of a tadpole.

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  1. Dropping off or disappearing early, as the calyx of a poppy, or the gills of a tadpole.
  2. adj. shed at an early stage of development
  3. Dropping off or disappearing early, as the calyx of a poppy, or the gills of a tadpole.
  4. Dropping off or disappearing early, as the calyx of a poppy, orthe gills of a tadpole.
  5. a. shed at an early stage of development