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cryptofauna

cryptofauna noun: the fauna that exist in protected or concealed microhabitats.

Noun

cryptofauna pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) The fauna that exist in protected or concealed microhabitats.

Origin of cryptofauna

From crypto- + fauna.

Questions about cryptofauna

What does cryptofauna mean?
Cryptofauna means the fauna that exist in protected or concealed microhabitats.
What part of speech is cryptofauna?
Cryptofauna is a noun.

Words near cryptofauna in the dictionary

  1. cryptofascism
  2. cryptofascist
  3. cryptofascistic
  4. cryptofascists
  5. cryptofash
  6. cryptofauna
  7. cryptofaunal
  8. cryptofax
  9. cryptofaxes
  10. cryptoflora
  11. cryptoflysch

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