cryptozoic
See also: Cryptozoic
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Adjective
[edit]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.
- (parasitology) Relating to a cryptozoite.