cryptozoan.

Brit.

/ˌkrɪptə(ʊ)ˈzəʊə/, U.S.

/ˌkrɪptəˈzoʊə/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: crypto- comb. form, -zoa comb. form.

Etymology: < crypto- comb. form + -zoa comb. form. In sense 1 after scientific Latin Cryptozoa, former class name (A. Modéer 1792, in Kungl. Svenska Vetenskaps Akad. Handl. 13 81). In sense 2 after Cryptozoic adj.¹ (compare cryptozoic adj.²). Compare cryptozoa as a plural of cryptozoon n.

With plural agreement.

†1. Biology. With capital initial. A class of organisms comprising microscopic forms; protozoa. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > invertebrates > protozoa > [noun]

cryptozoa1794

Protozoa1825

oozoa1835

hypozoa1887

1794 Monthly Rev. Mar. 328 His [sc. Modéer's] first class..is distinguished by the appellation of Cryptozoa, containing animalcula which cannot be discerned without a microscope, and which are found in vegetable infusions, or in animal fluids.

2. Ecology. Cryptozoic animals collectively.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > by habitat > [noun] > of a particular region (fauna) > of particular type

ophiology1815

inquiline1879

pilgrim1888

microfauna1895

topomorph1897

faunule1909

cryptozoa1911

epifauna1914

macrofauna1918

megafauna1927

macrobenthos1942

meiobenthos1942

microbenthos1942

meiofauna1950

megafauna1975

1911 A. Willey Convergence in Evol. iii. 29 It is not possible to tabulate lists of phanerozoa and cryptozoa, because all animals have cryptozoic potentialities.

1968 Sci. Amer. July 108/1 They are examples of the many small animals that lead hidden lives; they are some of the cryptozoa, the animals in hiding.

1997 Ann. Rev. Ecol. & Systematics 28 261 How well can molecular methods survey groups other than bacteria (e.g., protists and soil cryptozoa)?

2004 D. C. Coleman et al. Fund. Soil Ecol. (ed. 2) iv. 143 Terrestrial isopods..are crustaceans, but are typical cryptozoa, occurring under rocks and in similar habitats.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	cryptozoa
释义	cryptozoan. Brit. /ˌkrɪptə(ʊ)ˈzəʊə/, U.S. /ˌkrɪptəˈzoʊə/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: crypto- comb. form, -zoa comb. form. Etymology: < crypto- comb. form + -zoa comb. form. In sense 1 after scientific Latin Cryptozoa, former class name (A. Modéer 1792, in Kungl. Svenska Vetenskaps Akad. Handl. 13 81). In sense 2 after Cryptozoic adj.¹ (compare cryptozoic adj.²). Compare cryptozoa as a plural of cryptozoon n. With plural agreement. †1. Biology. With capital initial. A class of organisms comprising microscopic forms; protozoa. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > protozoa > [noun] cryptozoa1794 Protozoa1825 oozoa1835 hypozoa1887 1794 Monthly Rev. Mar. 328 His [sc. Modéer's] first class..is distinguished by the appellation of Cryptozoa, containing animalcula which cannot be discerned without a microscope, and which are found in vegetable infusions, or in animal fluids. 2. Ecology. Cryptozoic animals collectively. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > by habitat > [noun] > of a particular region (fauna) > of particular type ophiology1815 inquiline1879 pilgrim1888 microfauna1895 topomorph1897 faunule1909 cryptozoa1911 epifauna1914 macrofauna1918 megafauna1927 macrobenthos1942 meiobenthos1942 microbenthos1942 meiofauna1950 megafauna1975 1911 A. Willey Convergence in Evol. iii. 29 It is not possible to tabulate lists of phanerozoa and cryptozoa, because all animals have cryptozoic potentialities. 1968 Sci. Amer. July 108/1 They are examples of the many small animals that lead hidden lives; they are some of the cryptozoa, the animals in hiding. 1997 Ann. Rev. Ecol. & Systematics 28 261 How well can molecular methods survey groups other than bacteria (e.g., protists and soil cryptozoa)? 2004 D. C. Coleman et al. Fund. Soil Ecol. (ed. 2) iv. 143 Terrestrial isopods..are crustaceans, but are typical cryptozoa, occurring under rocks and in similar habitats. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1794
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