ˌkriptəˈdīrə noun plural
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from crypt- + -dira (from Greek deirē neck); akin to Latin vorare to devour — more at voracious
in some classifications : a suborder of Thecophora comprising turtles that bend the neck in a vertical plane in order to retract it into the shell
• cryp·to·di·ran | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷rən adjective or noun
• cryp·to·dire ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌdī(ə)r noun -s
• cryp·to·di·rous | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷|dīrəs adjective