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cryptozoa

cryptozoa noun: small animals who live in darkness and under conditions of high relative humidity.

Noun

cryptozoa pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) Small animals who live in darkness and under conditions of high relative humidity.

cryptozoa meaning in Tamil

cryptozoa in Tamil

குகை வாழ்வுயிரி

Origin of cryptozoa

From crypto- + zoa, coined by English zoologist Arthur Dendy.

Questions about cryptozoa

What does cryptozoa mean?
Cryptozoa means small animals who live in darkness and under conditions of high relative humidity.
What is cryptozoa in Tamil?
Cryptozoa in Tamil is குகை வாழ்வுயிரி. See Cryptozoa meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is cryptozoa?
Cryptozoa is a noun.

Words near cryptozoa in the dictionary

  1. cryptowinters
  2. cryptoworm
  3. cryptoworms
  4. cryptoxanthin
  5. cryptoxanthins
  6. cryptozoa
  7. cryptozoic
  8. cryptozoite
  9. cryptozoites
  10. cryptozoological
  11. cryptozoologist

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Adapted from Wiktionary: cryptozoa (page history and authors); cryptozoa (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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