cryptobiotic

English

Etymology

From crypto- +‎ -biotic.

Adjective

cryptobiotic (not comparable)

1. Of or related to cryptobiosis.
   • 2015 October 29, Mike Abu, “A Trip to Zaqistan, One Man’s ‘Sovereign Nation’ in the Middle of the Utah Desert”, in VICE‎^[1]:

     As we made our way around the plot, Zaq explained that the majority of the surrounding ground is made up of cryptobiotic soil, a living crust that takes upwards of ten thousand years to develop but is capable of being completely destroyed by a single misplaced footstep.

Translations

of or related to cryptobiosis

• Polish: anabiotyczny
• Portuguese: criptobiótico