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cryptozoological, a.
Brit. |ˌkrɪptəʊˌzuːəˈlɒdʒɪkl|, |ˌkrɪptəʊˌzəʊəˈlɒdʒɪkl|, U.S. |ˈˌkrɪpˌtoʊˌzuəˈlɑdʒək(ə)l|, |ˈˌkrɪpˌtoʊzoʊəˈlɑdʒək(ə)l|
[‹ crypto- comb. form + zoological adj., probably after French cryptozoologie (see discussion at cryptozoology n.).]
Of or relating to cryptozoology.
1961I. T. Sanderson Abominable Snowmen viii. 148 [B. Heuvelmans' book Sur la Piste des Bêtes Ignorées (1955)] covers also many other items of a crypto-zoological nature, and is entitled in its English version, On the Track of Unknown Animals. 1981Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc. 12810/2 Even if accepted, this would hardly be an example of a clear-cut cryptozoological discovery of another survivor previously considered extinct. 2002G. M. Eberhart Mysterious Creatures I. xxxvii./2 Authors of cryptozoological literature often adopt an indignant and contemptuous tone when they discuss attempts to explain eyewitness testimony in terms of ordinary phenomena. |