cryptozoic

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cryptozoic [ˌkrɪptəʊˈzəʊɪk]

adj

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) (of animals) living in dark places, such as holes, caves, and beneath stones

Cryptozoic [ˌkrɪptəʊˈzəʊɪk]

adj

(Earth Sciences / Geological Science) of or relating to that part of geological time represented by rocks in which the evidence of life is slight and the life forms are primitive; pre-Phanerozoic

(Earth Sciences / Geological Science) the. the Cryptozoic era See also Precambrian Compare Phanerozoic

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