cryptozoa
plural noun
cryp·to·zoa
ˌkriptəˈzōə
1
: the animals that live a cryptobiotic life among the organic debris of a forest floor
2
: structures in Precambrian rocks thought to be the remains of primitive life compare cryptozoon
Word History
Etymology
New Latin, from crypt- + -zoa
First Known Use
1911, in the meaning defined at sense 1
- complicatedness
- complicatednesses
- complicateness
- complicates
- complicating
- complication
- complications
- complice
- complices
- complicit
- complicities
- complicitous
- complicity
- complied
- complied (with)
- complied with
- complier
- compliers
- complies
- complies (with)
- complies with
- compliment
- complimental
- complimentally
- complimentarily