cryptozoic
See also: Cryptozoic
English
Etymology
From crypto- + -zoic.
Adjective
cryptozoic (not comparable)
- (zoology) Living in a cavity or small cave.
- Synonym: 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.