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cryptobiotic

cryptobiotic adjective: of or related to cryptobiosis.

Adjective

cryptobiotic (not comparable)

  1. Of or related to cryptobiosis.
    • As we made our way around the plot, Zaq explained that the majority of the surrounding ground is made up of cryptobiotic soil, a living crust that takes upwards of ten thousand years to develop but is capable of being completely destroyed by a single misplaced footstep.2015 October 29, Mike Abu, “A Trip to Zaqistan, One Man’s ‘Sovereign Nation’ in the Middle of the Utah Desert”, in VICE
  2. (obsolete) Relating to early simple organisms that have left no trace of their existence.

Origin of cryptobiotic

From crypto- + -biotic.

Questions about cryptobiotic

What does cryptobiotic mean?
Cryptobiotic means of or related to cryptobiosis.
What part of speech is cryptobiotic?
Cryptobiotic is an adjective.

Words near cryptobiotic in the dictionary

  1. cryptobillionaire
  2. cryptobillionaires
  3. cryptobiont
  4. cryptobionts
  5. cryptobiosis
  6. cryptobiotic
  7. cryptobioturbation
  8. cryptoblast
  9. cryptoblasts
  10. cryptobotany
  11. cryptobranch

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