Cryptozoic
Meanings
name
- An eon or other time period before the Cambrian, when the fossils of hard-shelled animals first appeared in the geological record.
adj
- Living in a cavity or small cave.
- Hidden (especially in the soil); not easily visible.
- Relating to a cryptozoite.
Word forms
Etymology
From crypto- + -zoic, as any life from the period was considered to be hidden from scientific examination.
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