Meaning

1 senses
  1. (plural, plural only)Small animals who live in darkness and under conditions of high relative humidity.

Origin

From crypto- + zoa, coined by English zoologist Arthur Dendy.

From crypto- + zoa, coined by English zoologist Arthur Dendy.

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Forms

plural: cryptozoas
Singularcryptozoa
Pluralcryptozoas

regular

Word family

2 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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