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cryptozoology, n.
Brit. |ˌkrɪptəʊzuːˈɒlədʒi|, |ˌkrɪptəʊzəʊˈɒlədʒi|, U.S. |ˈˌkrɪptoʊˌzoʊˈɑlədʒi|, |ˈˌkrɪptoʊˌzuˈɑlədʒi|
[‹ crypto- comb. form + zoology n., after French cryptozoologie (1959 or earlier: see below). Compare earlier cryptozoological adj.
The French word cryptozoologie is reported by B. Heuvelmans and others to have been coined by him in the 1950s, but it has not been found in his published work of the time (either in French or in English translations). Heuvelmans himself attributes an independent earlier coinage in English to I. T. Sanderson: see quot. 1968 (and compare quot. 1961 cryptozoological adj.).]
The study of extinct, unknown, or legendary animals whose existence or survival is not (or has not yet been) recognized by mainstream zoology.
1968R. Garnett tr. B. Heuvelmans In Wake of Sea-Serpents xiii. 508 When he [sc. Ivan T. Sanderson] was still a student he invented the word ‘cryptozoology’, or the science of hidden animals, which I was to coin much later, quite unaware that he had already done so. 1981Bioscience 31 804/3 The International Society of Cryptozoology is currently being formed and will hold its first meeting..at the National Museum of Natural History in Washington. 2003Pop. Sci. Dec. 116/2 It put the long-standing question of the ivory-billed woodpecker into the Yeti/Bigfoot realm of cryptozoology.
Derivatives. cryptozoologist n. a specialist in or enthusiast for cryptozoology.
1968R. Garnett tr. B. Heuvelmans In Wake of Sea-Serpents xiii. 508, I have now been a *cryptozoologist for fifteen years. 2002New Scientist 14 Sept. 17/3 Three British explorers led by cryptozoologist Adam Davies claim to have found two hairs and a footprint, which they say could belong to the yeti-like orang-pendek, or little Man of the Forest. |