1. A canon in which the entrances of successive parts were indicated by cryptic symbols and devices (popular in the 15th and 16th centuries)
   - enigma canon, enigmatical canon, riddle canon

Derived forms: enigmatic canons

Type of: canon

• shrimper
• shrimpfish
• shrimpy
• shrine
• shrink
• shrink back
• shrink from
• shrink-wrapped software
• shrinkable
• shrinkage
• shrinking
• shrinking violet
• shrinkwrap
• shrive
• shrivel
• shrivel up
• shriveled
• shrivelled
• shroff
• Shropshire
• shroud
• Shrove Tuesday
• Shrovetide
• shrub
• shrubbery