"retic" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: retics [plural]
Etymology: Shortening. Head templates: {{en-noun}} retic (plural retics)
  1. (informal) Reticulated python. Tags: informal Categories (lifeform): Snakes
    Sense id: en-retic-en-noun-jQzjhWll Disambiguation of Snakes: 64 36 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 63 37 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 66 34 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 78 22
  2. (medicine, informal) Reticulocyte. Tags: informal Categories (topical): Medicine
    Sense id: en-retic-en-noun-U3u8cdEL Topics: medicine, sciences

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "2002, Richard D. Bartlett, Patricia Bartlett, Designer Reptiles and Amphibians",
          "text": "Perhaps the simplest of the traits bred for is the perpetuation of a yellow head. Retics having this also often have a degree of brighter than normal yellow in their otherwise normal body pattern.",
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