cryptozoic
see also: Cryptozoic
Adjective
Cryptozoic
Proper noun
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see also: Cryptozoic
Adjective
cryptozoic (not comparable)
- (zoology) Living in a cavity or small cave.
- Synonyms: cryptic
- (chiefly, soil science, of an organism) Hidden (especially in the soil); not easily visible.
- 2012, John L. Cloudsley-Thompson, Evolution and Adaptation of Terrestrial Arthropods (page 85)
- The arthropods of the forest biome can be divided into two ecological groups: the cryptozoic inhabitants of the soil and leaf litter, and the terrestrial and arboreal forms that live in more exposed localities.
- 2012, John L. Cloudsley-Thompson, Evolution and Adaptation of Terrestrial Arthropods (page 85)
- (parasitology) Relating to a cryptozoite.
Cryptozoic
Proper noun
- (archaic, geology) An eon or other time period before the Cambrian, when the fossils of hard-shelled animals first appeared in the geological record.
- German: Kryptozoikum
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