subreptary

adjective

sub·​rep·​ta·​ry

¦sə¦breptərē

: adapted primarily to crawling

a mollusk with a broad subreptary foot

Word History

Etymology

Latin subreptus (past participle of subrepere to creep under, crawl, from sub- + repere to creep) + English -ary

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